On June 29, U.S. District Court Judge Roderick Young issued a four-page order in Libertarian National Committee v Robert Klor Dean. This is the trademark lawsuit filed by the Libertarian National Committee to stop the Virginia Tidwater Libertarian Party from using that name. The national and state committees do not recognize the Tidewater Libertarian Party. The Defendant did not contest the order. See it here.
The Texas Tribune has this story about the June 26 federal decision requiring Texas to let minor parties and independent candidates use electronic signatures.
On June 28, the New Jersey Secretary of State asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a time extension, in Mazo v Way, 22-1003. Otherwise the state’s response would have been due July 5. This is the lawsuit that challenges the New Jersey law that won’t permit certain words in a primary candidate’s ballot label.
Lee Drutman and Beau Tremitiere have this article in Bulwark, advocating that states legalize fusion. They favor disagregated fusion, which is the type that lets the voter chose which party he or she supports, when voting for a candidate who is the nominee of two parties. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
The authors are advisors and supporters to the Moderate Party of New Jersey, which has a lawsuit in New Jersey state court, arguing that the New Jersey Constitution requires the state to permit fusion.
Ballot Access News
June 2023 – Volume 39, Number 1
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