On April 15, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Frank v Lee, 23-901. This is the case involving the Wyoming law that prohibits First Amendment activity about politics within 300 feet of a polling place on election day, and also has affects on non-election days where early voting is taking place.
Dan K. Webb, who was in charge of No Labels’ attempt to find a presidential nominee, told a reporter that Christie was willing to be the group’s nominee if No Labels could find a Democrat to run with Christie for vice-president. See this story. No Labels was unable to find a Democrat, so nothing came of the Christie candidacy.
On April 12, the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website finally published a sample petition for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties that is 8.5 inch by eleven inch paper. The old form was on 8.5 by fourteen inch paper, which most people can’t print from their home computers.
On Saturday, April 13, Robert F. Kennedy held a campaign meeting in Iowa, in order to get on the ballot without the need for a petition. Iowa lets independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, get on the ballot if they have 500 voters at a meeting. The Kennedy meeting had 686 eligible voters, so he has essentially completed his ballot access work in that state. See this story.
The method is very seldom used. A few years ago the legislature increased the attendance requirement from 250 to 500.
At the Iowa event, Kennedy said he is no longer interested in the Libertarian nomination.
