Pennsylvania is holding a special election to fill the vacant 27th State Senate seat on January 31. Libertarian nominee Thomas Anderson was omitted from that ballot because his Statement of Economic Interests was late. He had thought the Statement of Economic Interests he had filed last year in another legislative election would suffice. When he learned otherwise, he filed it, but it was fifteen minutes too late. See this story.
Georgia law permits individuals to give more money to the Republican and Democratic nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, than they may give to other candidates for the same office. The Georgia Libertarian Party is in court to overturn that law. The U.S. District Court had said the plaintiffs lack standing.
On December 13, the party filed this brief in the Eleventh Circuit. Graham v Georgia Attorney General, 22-13396.
Texas Representative Bryan Slaton (R-Royse City), has introduced HB 239. It would create partisan registration in Texas. Currently no Texas voter registration form or any other goverenment form asks voters to choose a party. Here is the text. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news. The bill would apparently permit voters to register as members of an unqualified party.
Two New York Democratic State Senators, James Skoufis and Brad Hoylman, have introduced SB 437. It would move the New York presidential primary from April to late June, so that the primary for other office would be combined with the presidential primary.
Ironically, if the bill were enacted, it would conflict with Republican and Democratic national rules, which do not permit presidential primaries later than the first week of June.
In 2020, New York held presidential primaries in late June, and the national parties overlooked the rules transgression. New York had cancelled its presidential primaries in 2020, but then the state courts had ruled the cancellation was unlawful, so they were held late.
On November 8, 2022, in Utah’s State Representative race, 29th district, the Constitution Party nominee, Kirk Pearson, outpolled his Democratic opponent. The Republican nominee won with 10,832 votes, followed by Pearson with 2,254, and then the Democratic nominee with 2,131.
