On October 3, a Connecticut state court will hear a case challenging the Independent Party’s nominations, on the grounds that the party hasn’t re-filed its bylaws with the Secretary of State for several years. See this story.
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On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101, the case that challenged the Georgia ballot access law for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House.
The case now returns to the U.S. District Court, over the issue of whether the law was enacted with a discriminatory purpose back in 1943, when it was passed. That part of the case didn’t get adjudicated. The evidence in the case, so far, shows that the legislature added the petition requirement in order to make sure the Communist Party did not get back on the ballot.
A Nevada poll shows that the top-five initiative, Question 3, is slightly behind. The poll shows “Yes” at 38%, and “No” at 40%, with the remainder undecided. See this story. The initiative results are at the very bottom of the article.
The Detroit Free Press has this story about the Working Class Party and the campaign one of its nominees is waging.
The Arkansas Times has this story about the decision of a U.S. District Court that struck down the Arkansas ballot access law for new and previously unqualified parties.