On January 18, a Washington state trial court in Olympia ruled that former President Donald Trump should remain on the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot. See this story. The case name is In the Ballot Eligibility of Trump.
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Ohio election law requires candidates to disclose any previous names they may have used in the past five years, when they file. On January 18, the Mercer County Board of Elections allowed Arienne Childrey, a candidate for State House, to remain on the Democratic primary ballot, even though she had not disclosed her previous name. See this story.
She is transexual, but she says she would have disclosed her prior (male) name if she had known about the requirement. However, the Ohio Secretary of State’s website, which purports to guide candidates, does not disclose the existence of this law.
The challenge was defeated on a technicality. The challenge was filed by a Republican, but since it relates to a primary, Ohio law requires the challenger to be a member of the appropriate party, and only a Democratic voter had standing to bring a challenge.
It has been three days since a U.S. District Court in Arizona ruled that No Labels Party can bar candidates from filing for congress and partisan state office in its primary. Even though the Secretary of State had said he will appeal, he hasn’t yet filed a notice of appeal. No Labels Party v Fontes, 2:23cv-2172.
This is perhaps the most troubling story about US democracy that I have seen.
The Forward Party isn’t running a candidate for President, but its leader, Andrew Yang, has endorsed Democratic Presidential candidate Dean Phillips, knocking President Biden’s age in the process.
Here is the story from The Messenger.
Thanks to politicalwire.com.
The former Republican and Libertarian congressman is thinking about seeking the GOP nomination in the race in 2024 to succeed retiring Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow.