Michael Badnarik died on August 11, 2022. He was the Libertarian presidential nominee in 2004. He was 68.
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On August 11, the Fourth Circuit issued a one-page unsigned order, refusing the Democratic Party’s request for a stay in the North Carolina Green Party ballot access case.
UPDATE: here is a news story.
The deadline has passed for independent candidate petitions, and petitions for the nominees of unqualified parties, in New Hampshire. Two separate statewide petitions for Libertarians were submitted.
One has Jeremy Kauffman for Governor and Karlyn Borysenko for U.S. Senate.
The other has Kelly Halldorson for Governor.
Assuming both petitions are valid, and there are two Libertarians on the ballot for Governor, it appears that the vote for both of them may be combined, to see if the combined total equals 4% of the vote cast. The New Hampshire definition of “political party” is “any political organization which received at least 4% of the total number of votes.”
On August 8, some Texas Republican nominees for public office in November 2022 filed a lawsuit with the State Supreme Court, seeking to remove their Libertarian Party opponents from the general election ballot. In re Self, 22-0658. The only statewide candidate who is included in the group of plaintiffs is Dan Patrick, the Lieutenant Governor who is running for re-election.
The issue is the filing fee. See this news story.
Several newspapers have recently run stories about the idea that Maryland Governor Larry Hogan might be an independent candidate for president in 2024. Here is one such story. Hogan is a Republican.