On August 9, a Florida State Appeals Court restored a Republican candidate for U.S. House to the August 23 primary ballot. His name is already on the ballot but a trial court had ruled that votes for him must not be counted. That decision is stayed but the issue isn’t settled. The trial court had removed Jerry Torres from the race because of an irregularity concerning the notarization of his declaration of candidacy.
See this story. This concerns the race in the 14th district.
The deadline for anyone to challenge a general election candidate petition in Pennsylvania has passed. No challenges were filed to the statewide petitions of the Libertarian, Green, or Keystone Parties. However, all three groups face challenges to some of their U.S. House or legislative candidates.
On August 8, Nebraska filed this reply brief in the Eighth Circuit in Eggers v Evnen, 22-2268. The issue is whether county distribution requirements are constitutional for statewide initiative petitions.
On August 8, the North Carolina Democratic Party filed an appeal in North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections. In the Fourth Circuit, the case is 22-1830. The Democratic Party also asked the U.S. District Court to stay its order that put the Green Party candidates on the ballot.
The Green Party’s response is due on Wednesday, August 10, at noon.
The Oregon Constitution Party has been fined $450 for holding nominating conventions without informing its rank-and-file registered members. The party is ballot-qualified. In Oregon, small qualified parties nominate by convention, not by primary. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news.
