David Brooks has this op-ed in the New York Times, about the No Labels Party. The party is petitioning for party status in at least eight states, for the 2024 election. The group is doing the same kind of work the Americans Elect did in 2011 and early 2012. It is preparing the way for a centrist presidential candidate who would run in November, by doing as much of the ballot access work as possible before such a candidate is nominated.
On September 1, the Libertarian Party National Committee filed this amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101, the Georgia ballot access case.
The North Carolina Green and Libertarian Party nominees for U.S. Senate will debate each other on September 15 at Davidson College.
On August 31, the New York Libertarian candidates for statewide office filed this brief in the State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, in Albany. 535599, Third Department. Sharpe v New York State Board of Elections. The brief argues that the lower state court was wrong to uphold the exclusion of the slate, both on constitutional grounds, and procedural grounds.
The oral argument is September 9.
Also, the federal New York Libertarian ballot case, which strictly concerns the constitutional argument against the 45,000-signature requirement, will be argued on September 6.
On August 31, the Alaska Division of Elections basically finished tallying the August 16 votes in the special election for U.S. House. Mary Peltola, the only Democrat on the ballot, won with 51.47%; Sarah Palin had 48.53%. See this story.
This election used ranked choice voting for the final round, but not the first round, which was in June.
The term only lasts until January 2023.
