On July 20, the Moderate Party of New Jersey filed a lawsuit in the State Appeals Court, asking that the ban on fusion be struck down based on the New Jersey Constitution. The party is asking the appellate court to send the lawsuit to the State Supreme Court. See this story. UPDATE: here is the brief in In re Petition Filed by Moderate Party. The case is Moderate Party v Way, A-3542-21.
Maryland held primaries on July 19. The two-person race for the Republican nomination for Attorney General was won by Michael Peroutka, the 2004 Constitution Party presidential nominee. The vote so far shows him winning 58%-42%.
The Second Circuit will hear Libertarian Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections, 22-44, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. This is the challenge to the hostile 2020 election law changes that tripled the statewide independent petition and stiffened the definition of a qualified party.
A notable fact is that in the entire history of government-printed ballots, New York has never had a general election ballot with only two gubernatorial candidates, excepting only 1946, and also 2022 if no relief is obtained.
On July 19, the North Carolina State Board of Elections informed the U.S. District Court that is hearing the Green Party ballot access case, that the Board will meet on any of these days to re-consider the Green Party petition: August 1, 2, or 3 (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday).
Also the Board and the attorneys for the Green Party agreed on a briefing schedule in the lawsuit. The Green Party brief is due July 21; the state’s brief is due July 29; and the Green Party’s reply is due August 2.
The case, North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections, has a new case number, 5:22cv-276.
On July 19, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the state’s U.S. House district boundaries as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, based on the State Constitution. But the decision does not take effect until after the 2022 election. Neiman v LaRose, 2022-298 and 2022-303. Here is the decision. The vote was 4-3. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
