On October 23, the Georgia Libertarian Party asked for reconsideration in Cowen v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-4660. Here is the three-page request, which notes that the U.S. District Court Judge appears to have made an oversight last month when she ruled against the party’s equal protection claim. The general issue in the case is the constitutionality of the law on how anyone gets on the ballot for U.S. House if they are not a member of a party that polled 20% for President in the entire U.S., or 20% for Governor of Georgia, in the last election. The law is so severe, no minor party candidate has ever complied since the law passed in 1943, and no independent has complied since 1964, when the rules did not require the petition to be checked and the petition was not due until October of the election year.

The Libertarian Party of Arkansas has completed its petition to be a recognized political party in Arkansas again.

According to Michael Pakko, LPAR Chair, 13,274 signatures were turned in to the Arkansas Secretary of State. Ten-thousand valid signatures of registered voters are required, meaning that a 75.335% validity rate is needed.  All signatures were validated by the LPAR before turn in, and its valid signature count was 10,940.

No word has yet been received from the Secretary of State regarding its count of the number of valid signatures.

It will take 3% of the vote for President for the LPAR to maintain ballot access after the 2024 General Election.

Here is a story on this long-developing brouhaha.