On March 20, the plaintiff in the North Carolina case over whether voters can take a picture of their own voted ballot filed a notice of appeal. Earlier the U.S. District Court had upheld the ban. Hogarth v Bell, e.d., 5:24cv-481. The Fourth Circuit number hasn’t been assigned yet.
As reported earlier, two months ago the Alaska Division of Elections dissolved the Alaskan Independence Party because its current leaders asked the state to do that. But some of the party’s former leaders don’t agree with the dissolution of the party. However, instead of fighting to revive the AIP in court, they will attempt to create a new party, the Alaskan Party. See this story.
On March 18, an Arizona state trial court held arguments in Arizona Clean Elections Commission v Fontes, cv2025-064149. According to this story, the hearing did not go well for the party.
I presume on Tuesday, March 17, five out of six voters in Peoria County, Illinois, stated they want fairer ballot access laws for independent and third party candidates in Illinois.
Here is a post from CapitolFax.com.
Thanks to former Governor Pat Quinn for letting Ballot Access News know about this.
Richard Winger has blogged about the possibility of two Republican and no Democratic candidates on the November ballot for Governor of California this year. This article addresses that possibility and other elements of California’s 2026 elections.
