On January 12, the Arizona Secretary of State corrected misinformation that had been appearing on his website.  The website had been saying that an independent candidate needs a petition of 3% of the number of registered voters as of January 2024, which would be approximately 135,000 signatures.  That has now been deleted.

The statute says the requirement is 3% of the number of people who are registered to vote but who are not members of a qualified party, which is about 45,000 signatures.

The misinformation caused confusion.  For example, ,here is an NBC News story that erroneously said the number of signatures is approximately 128,000.  Thanks to Rick Lass for the news about the correction.

On January 11, the Landmark Legal Foundation filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Trump v Anderson, the Colorado ballot access case.  The brief’s lead argument is that if Donald Trump engaged in insurrection, then so did many other particular Democratic  office-holders.

On January 12, the Oregon Supreme Court put out a press release, saying it declines to take any action in Knapp v Griffin-Valade, S070456.  This is the case filed by some Oregon voters to keep former President Donald Trump off the May Republican presidential primary ballot.

The release says the ballot doesn’t need to be printed until late March, and therefore there is no need for a decision now.  It says the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a similar case from Colorado on February 8.