On August 11, the Florida Republican Party dropped its lawsuit that had been filed to remove Peter Jassenoff from the ballot. Jassenoff is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. House, 25th district. The Republican Party had sued the Secretary of State because the Secretary of State had allowed Jassenoff to run, even though he had paid his filing fee with a personal check instead of a check on a campaign bank account. Republican Party of Florida v Byrd, Leon County Circuit Court, 26-CA-1364.
On August 10, individuals associated with the Pennsylvania Democratic party filed a challenge to the Green Party’s statewide petition. The challenge says there aren’t enough valid signatures. 5,000 are required. See this story.
This is the first time a Pennsylvania Green statewide petition has been challenged for not having enough signatures since 2006. The party’s presidential nominee was challenged in 2020 but the issue was the paperwork involving substitution, not the number of signatures.
On August 12, the Iowa Libertarian Party chose new nominees for Lieutenant Governor and U.S. House, 3rd district, to replace the earlier nominees who had been disqualified. See this story.
On August 13, a U.S. Magistrate recommended to the U.S. District Court Judge that the judge put Aaron Day on the ballot. Day is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate. He was being barred by the Secretary of State because when he filed his declaration of candidacy, his voter registration address wasn’t up-to-date. The Magistrate agreed with Day that states cannot keep candidates for congress off the ballot for issues related to their voter registration status. Here is the 22-page recommendation.
UPDATE: see this story.
On August 12, a Nebraska state trial court heard oral arguments in two cases. Each case challenges the recognition of certain new parties. One is a challenge to the Working People Party, and the other is a challenge to the America First Party. See this story.
