On September 30, U.S. District Court Judge Kristine G. Baker, an Obama appointee, struck down the Arkansas procedures for new or previously unqualified parties. She struck down the 3% petition, the early deadline, and the requirement that all signatures be gathered in 90 days. The Opinion is 83 pages.
Last week, Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon spoke to a Republican meeting. According to a newspaper story, he said the Libertarian Party and the Democratic Party are growing stronger in Alabama. See the next-to-the-last paragraph in this story.
On September 21, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, a Democrat, asked the legislature to pass a state constitutional amendment that would authorize the statewide initiative process. See this story.
On September 29, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman, an Obama appointee, upheld all the Texas ballot access laws that affect independent candidates and minor parties, except that he ruled that it is unconstitutional for the state to ban electronic signatures. Miller v Hughs, w.d., 1:19cv-700. The opinion is rather short, considering all the laws that were challenged, and appears to have made significant factual errors and also to have overlooked a great deal of the evidence.
Here is the 28-page Opinion.
A Suffolk University/Boston Globe Poll for the New Hampshire Senate race shows this result: Democrat Maggie Hassan 49.6%; Republican Don Bolduc 41.2%; Libertarian Jeremy Kauffman 2.6%; undecided 6.6%. See it here.
For the gubernatorial race: Republican Chris Sununu 53%; Democrat 36%; Libertarian Kelly Halldorson 2%; Libertarian Karlyn Borysenko 2%; undecided 8%.
