On August 25, the Eleventh Circuit issued an order in People’s Party of Florida v Florida Department of State, 22-12451. This is the lawsuit over the Florida law that won’t let a candidate run in a primary unless the candidate has been a member of that party for a full year before the June filing deadline. The order does not discuss the constitutional issues with this law. It just says that injunctive relief is not warrented because the party’s candidate, Elise Mysels, did not pay the filing fee back in June.

The order will not be published, and is signed “per curiam”. The three judges on the case are Robin Rosenbaum (an Obama appointee), Kevin Newsom (a Trump appointee), and Britt Grant (a Trump appointee).

On May 25, the New York legislature passed A1819, which makes it impossible for any qualified party to have “Independence” or “Independent” as its name, or as part of its name. But the legislature still hasn’t sent the bill to Governor Kathy Hochul. Apparently it is common in New York for the legislature to pass bills and then not send them to the Governor for many months.

The Moderate Party of New Jersey is in state court, arguing that the state’s ban on fusion violates the State Constitution. The party and the state agree that the case should not be expedited. See this story. It will proceed after this year’s election.