On July 27, the New Mexico Forward Party filed this brief in its ballot access case, New Mexico Forward Party v Toulouse Oliver, 1:26cv-2286. The party seeks injunctive relief to place its two statewide nominees on the ballot.
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On July 27, President Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to set aside the First Circuit’s ruling in the case involving the federal list of voters and its relationship to the U.S. Postal Service. Trump v State of California. Here is Trump’s filing, which argues that the lower court should not have acted because the Trump scheme is not yet ready for implementation anyway.
On July 15, the Kansas No Labels Party filed a lawsuit in state court to regain its status as a qualified party. Miller v Schwab, Shawnee County District Court, SN 2026-vb-000563. The state had removed the party because the old state party officers from 2024 had asked that it be removed. But in the meantime, the party had held a state convention and elected new officers, and the new officers want the party to continue to exist. But the Secretary of State wouldn’t recognize the new officers.
A PBS station in Chicago has this nine-minute interview with the two independent candidates in the U.S. House race, 4th district of Illinois, who were challenged off the ballot.
This Santa Fe New Mexico news story starts by describing how the Libertarian Party has no nominees on the ballot for federal or state office this year. Then it morphs into a story about how the severe ballot access laws have thwarted the Forward Party, and also kept independent gubernatorial candidate Ken Miyagashima off the ballot.
The Forward Party has a federal lawsuit against some of the restrictive laws. New Mexico Forward Party v Toulouse Oliver, 1:26cv-2286. The party’s brief will probably be filed on Monday, July 27.