On February 21, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued the Maine Secretary of State for revoking permission for his petitioners to work at the polls on March 5, when Maine holds its presidential primary. Team Kennedy v Bellows, 1:24cv-52. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock, Bush Jr appointee.

Maine traditionally allows petitioners at the polls, and as recently as November 2023, allowed presidential primary candidates to petition at the polls. Furthermore, the Kennedy petitioners had earlier been told they could petition at the polls.

San Diego elects its Mayor in a two-stage process. All candidates run in this non-partisan election on March 5, 2024. Then the two top vote-getters run against each other on November 5, even if someone got over 50% in March.

On February 20, a Superior Court ruled that Larry Turner should be on the March ballot, even though his residency has been challenged. There will be a trial about whether he lives in San Diego or El Cajon (a neighboring city) on March 29. The judge said the ballots for March have already been printed so there is no time to decide the eligibility issue now. The votes for Turner will be counted.

But if the trial shows that Turner is ineligible, and he placed either first or second, then in November his name will not be on the ballot and whoever placed third in March will be on the ballot. See this story.

On February 21, fifteen officers of the Minnesota Republican Party filed this request to intervene in the lawsuit Martin v Simon, A24-0216. They argue that the 2023 law, requiring extra meetings and paperwork for ballot-qualified parties, might plausibly be used to disqualify the Republican Party.