North Carolina Green Party Files Ballot Access Lawsuit

Posted on by July 14, 2022
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On July 14, the North Carolina Green Party filed a federal lawsuit to obtain a spot on the 2022 ballot. North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 4:22cv-78. Here is the 22-page complaint. Even if you don’t normally read legal briefs, considering reading this one. It details the dirty tricks used against the party. The lawsuit challenges the decision of the State Board of Elections to reject the party’s petition, even though the county election boards had already checked the petition and found it had enough valid signatures.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever III, a Bush Jr. appointee. UPDATE: here is a news story that mentions the lawsuit, but says very little about it. FURTHER UPDATE: here is a better news story in Carolina Journal, which actually talks about what the lawsuit complaint says.

Connecticut Democrat Kept off Primary Ballot Because One Circulator’s Voter Registration Form Was Filed Late

Posted on by July 14, 2022
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On July 13, a Connecticut state trial court judge kept Juliemar Ortiz off the Democratic primary ballot. She was running for State Senator. She needed 1,585 signatures of registered Democrats and submitted 1,905, but she was found to be eleven signatures short. She would have had enough, but one campaign volunteer who had collected three sheets of signatures was not a registered Democrat at the time. She had filled out a voter registration card to become a registered Democrat, but the form was accidentally not submitted in time. See this story. Ortiz v Howard, Superior Court, Fairfield County, cv22-6116178.

New York Libertarian and Green Parties file Reply Brief in Second Circuit on Ballot Access

Posted on by July 13, 2022
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On July 12, the New York Libertarian and Green Parties filed this reply brief in the Second Circuit, in Libertarian Party of NY v New York State Board of Elections, 21-1464. This is the ballot access case, which is being expedited. The oral argument will be in early September, but the exact date hasn’t been set yet.

New West Virginia Voter Registration Data

Posted on by July 12, 2022
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The West Virginia Secretary of State has released voter registration data for June 30, 2022. The totals: Republican 444,318; Democratic 382,559; Libertarian 9,714; Green 2,323; Constitution 125; other and independent 301,464.

Percentages are: Republican 38.96%; Democratic 33.54%; Libertarian .85%; Green .20%; Constitution .01%; other and independent 26.43%.

Percentages on September 30, 2020, were: Republican 35.69%; Democratic 37.48%; Libertarian .67%; Green .19%; Constitution .01%; other and independent 25.95%. The name of the Green Party in West Virginia is the Mountain Party. The Constitution Party is not ballot-qualified in West Virginia but the state still tallies its registrants.