The Austin American-Statesman, daily newspaper for Austin, Texas, has this story about the decision of the state to appeal the June 26 decision of a U.S. District Court that mandated permitting electronic signatures on petitions for minor parties and independent candidates. Thanks to Ken Bush for the link.
Former Republican Congressman Will Hurd of Texas appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday, July 30. He is seeking the Republican presidential nomination. When asked if he would consider running as the No Labels presidential nominee, he declined to talk about that. But he did defend the No Labels position that a new party presidential nominee could theoretically win the presidency. He pointed out that the president of France and the president of Mexico were both persons who won their first election as the nominee of a new party.
Here is a link to the entire edition of Meet the Press. The interview with Will Hurd begins after about fifteen minutes.
Jay Nixon, who was elected Governor of Missouri as a Democrat in 2008, and re-elected in 2012, has joined No Labels. See this story. Thanks to Ken Bush for the link.
Daniel Dale of CNN has written this article, giving precedents on which presidential candidates receive Secret Service protection, and when in the election cycle they receive such protection.
On July 18, Illinois settled the lawsuit Illinois Conservative Union v State, n.d., 1:20cv-05542. The case had been filed in 2020 by a civic group, which wanted the list of registered voters to study whether the list is accurate. The state refused, citing a law that said the list could only be released to political committees or governmental bodies. The lawsuit depended on the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which guarantees greater access to lists of registered voters.
The state finally decided that it could not defend its policy, and will release the list to the Illinois Conservative Union.
