On August 16, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who had been re-elected as a Democrat in 2018, withdrew his name from the November 2024 ballot. He had been running as an independent candidate this year.
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On August 16, the New Jersey State Supreme Court refused to hear Ayyadurai v New Jersey State Democratic Committee. This is the lawsuit filed by independent presidential candidate Shiva Ayyadurai to get on the ballot. He has enough valid signatures but he is being barred because he was born in India, although he has lived in the United States since the age of seven.
Here is his fiing, which argues several points, including the fact that the true candidates are presidential elector candidates and they are qualified; and New Jersey precedent, in which five times in the past, New Jersey did print the names of minor party or independent candidates for president or vice-president on the ballot even though they were under age 35. There are other arguments as well.
On August 16, the Michigan Secretary of State ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West should be removed from the ballot, even though he has enough valid signatures. The Secretary of State says his declaration of candidacy was not notarized properly. See this story.
On August 15, the Wisconsin Democratic Party challenged Jill stein’ ballot status, even though the Green Party is a ballot-qualified party in Wisconsin. Democratic objectors say only a party with members in the legislature are permitted to run candidates for presidential elector. Also the objectors say she was late to file her list of elector candidates. See the objection here.
In the past, when parties were late with their list of electors, the mistake has always been forgiven. Even the major parties have sometimes been late.
The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, will hear oral arguments in Cartwright v Kennedy on Wednesday, August 28. This is the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ballot access case in New York state court.