On September 22, New Hampshire Secretary of State said the filing period for presidential primary candidates is October 11 through October 27. However, the state still hasn’t set the date of the presidential primaries.
Secretary of State David Scanlon also said that he does not have the authority to keep Donald Trump off the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary ballot. Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news.
On September 20, the Pennsylvania Senate approved SB 224, which moves the primaries for all office in 2024 from late April to March 19. Only two Senators voted against the bill. They are Republicans Jarrett Coleman and Scott Hutchinson.
On September 20, Rasmussen Reports, a polling company, released a poll that includes a theoretical independent presidential candidacy by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. See this story. The poll says Kennedy would get 25% of the vote in the general election.
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear Growe v Trump, A23-1354, on Tuesday, November 2. This is the case over whether former President Donald Trump should be on the Republican primary ballot on March 5.
Seymour, Indiana farmer John Rust has sued the State of Indiana over its law that bars him from a Republican Primary ballot because he did not vote in the last two GOP primaries and did not get the permission of his Jackson County GOP Chair to run.
Mr. Rust asserts that that law bars 81% of Indiana voters from competing in that state’s electoral politics.
Here is a story on this matter. The case is State and Rust v Morales, 49D13-2309-PL-036487. It is pending in Superior Court, Marion County, a state trial court.
