Even though No Labels is no longer running a presidential nominee, it is still in court in two cases that it had filed before it decided not to run a candidate. In Arizona, the lawsuit over whether No Labels could block candidates for Congress and state office is pending in the Ninth Circuit. The No Labels response is due July 22.
In Delaware, its trademark lawsuit will have a trial starting May 19, 2025. It had sued a parody site called “No Labels.com.”
The Nation magazine, in its June 2024 edition, criticizes the Democratic National Committee for its decision to nominate President Joe Biden before the physical convention. It is behind a pay wall, but says, “It’s hard to imagine a worse idea. For many progressives – including key elements of the Democratic base – the only thing more dispiriting than having to vote for Biden and Harris again is to watch them get renominated. A floor debate over unconditional aid to Israel might not be pretty, but it would reflect what Democrats are actually arguing about…the party’s rules matter as much as its rulers. And debates over these rules…need to happen live and in public.”
On June 10, the Nevada Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in state court against the Secretary of State and the Green Party, alleging that the Secretary of State should not have approved the Green Party’s petition because it doesn’t have enough valid signatures. Nevada State Democratic Party v Nevada Green Party, first judicial district court, 24OC-00107.
However, when the Democratic Party filed the lawsuit, it did not have the complete list of petition signers. The Secretary of State had only given the Democratic Party a partial list of the signers.
The Democratic National Committee has not yet set a date for the virtual roll-call of the delegates to the national convention. This virtual roll-call will choose the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees, and it will be earlier than August 19-22, the dates of the physical national convention.
The party has never explained publicly why it is holding a virtual roll-call. The original motive was because otherwise the nominee could not be on the Ohio ballot, but that problem was solved earlier this month when Ohio relaxed its date.
The Libertarian Party of New Mexico, which is on the ballot but which is not affiliated with the national Libertarian Party, was going to decide on a presidential nominee on June 12, but it has postponed that decision until July.
