On December 6, some Oregon voters filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court to keep former President Donald Trump off the May 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot. Nelson v Griffin-Valade. Here is the brief.
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Oklahoma has been holding presidential primaries starting in 1988, but until now, has never had a presidential primary for any party other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. But in 2024, the Libertarian Party will have a presidential primary, between Jacob Hornberger and Chase Oliver. They each needed to either pay $5,000, or to submit a petition of 1% of the registered Libertarians, in each of the five U.S. House districts. They each needed 203 signatures, and their supporters in Oklahoma obtained those signatures.
Here is a list of all the presidential primary candidates in Oklahoma next year. Thanks to Chris Powell for this news.
CNN has this article about the oral argument in the Colorado Supreme Court today, in the case on whether former President Trump should be barred from the Republican Colorado presidential primary ballot.
Independent Political Report has posted the video of the Libertarian presidential debate held late last month in South Carolina. See it here. It lasts for one hour and 28 minutes. If you don’t want to take the time to watch it, I recommend watching the closing statements, which can be seen in the last eight minutes. The six candidates were Jacob Hornberger, Lars Mapstead, Chase Oliver, Michael Rectenwald, Joshua Smith, and Mike Ter Maat.
The debate was a model of what debates should be, a polite and stimulating discussion about policy, with no rude behaviors. The moderators did an excellent job.
The Colorado Supreme Court hears Anderson v Griswold at 1 p.m. Colorado time, Wednesday, December 6. This is the case over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot. All seven members of the court were appointed by Democrtic governors.