On June 14, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dale Ho to be a U.S. District Court Judge in the southern district of New York. He has been the head of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project since 2013.

The ACLU has attacked severe ballot access laws in courts in many states for many decades. Back in 1940, the ACLU published a criticism of severe ballot access laws. The last ballot access case won by the ACLU was for the New Hampshire Libertarian Party in 2020, which resulted in an easier petition requirement for 2020 only. Without that victory, the Libertarian Party would not have been on the New Hampshire ballot in 2020. It was the first time New Hampshire state government had ever lost a ballot access lawsuit.

Canada is holding a special parliamentary election in Manitoba on June 19 to fill a vacancy. The special election ballot has 48 candidates listed. There would have only been six candidates, except that the Longest Ballot Committee, a group that is trying to get proportional representation for Canada, deliberately encouraged 42 individuals to file, just to bring attention to their cause.

See this story. All of the 42 individuals have a single campaign treasurer, and all are on the ballots as independents except for one who is listed as the nominee of the Rhinocerus Party.

Candidates get on the ballot for member of the federal parliament by filing 100 signatures. Thanks to Tom MacMillan for the link.

On June 13, Cornel West tweeted, “In the spirit of a broad United Front and Coalition strategy, I am pursuing the nomination of the Green Party for president of the United States. I thank the volunteers of the People’s Party for the initial launch.” His website is CornelWest24.com.

The best-known example of a presidential candidate who had the nomination of multiple parties was U.S. Senator Robert La Follette in 1924. He had the nomination of the Socialist Party and also of the Farmer-Labor Party, as well as his independent candidacy using the label “Progressive”. Voters could choose which label to support La Follette in Colorado, Connecticut, Missouri, Montana, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.