Here is a story from The Hill.
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Here is a link to the Libertarian Party’s Ballot Access Symposium that was held on Saturday, August 19, 2023, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. The event was moderated by longtime Libertarian Party candidate and activist Larry Sharpe, and the panelists were Nick Brana, Leader of the Movement for a People’s Party; Jim Clymer, National Chair of the Constitution Party; Diane Sare, Independent Candidate for US Senate from New York; and Angela McArdle, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee. I was a participant in the event. The video is 64 minutes long.
The Los Angeles Times has this article about likely challenges to the primary presidential ballot position of former President Donald Trump. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.
On August 18, James Buckley died at the age of 100. In 1970 he was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York. He was the Conservative Party nominee, and he defeated the nominees of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. He is the last person to have won a U.S. Senate election as the nominee of a third party.
More recently, Dean Barkley served as a third party U.S. Senator for a short time, representing Minnesota. However he was appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura, not elected. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the news.
The 26th amendment says, “The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”
On August 15, the Seventh Circuit upheld Indiana’s law that lets anyone age 65 or older vote by mail for any reason, while limiting postal voting for younger people. Here is the decision in Tully v Okeson, 22-2835.
Two judges, Kenneth F. Ripple (Reagan appointee) and Michael Scudder (Trump appointee) were in agreement. The third judge, John Z. Lee (Biden appointee) said he would have remanded the case back to the U.S. District Court for a trial on whether limiting postal voting is a burden on voters who aren’t yet age 65.
There have been very few cases interpreting the 26th amendment, and the opinion contains much discussion of the meaning of the word “abridge.”