This newspaper story from Georgia says that the Libertarian candidate for U.S. House failed to get enough signatures to get on the ballot. It even quotes someone in the Secretary of State’s office who says that “it had never been done”, which is an honest thing for the Secretary of State to admit.
The Carolina Journal, which is non-partisan and highly respected, has this article about reasons to believe that North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s office worked in tandem with the National Democratic Party Senate Campaign Committee to keep the Green Party off the ballot.
Thanks to Chris Cole for the link.
The Working Class Party, which is on the ballot in Maryland and Michigan, has petitioned this year for a U.S. House seat in Illinois. It is running Edward Hershey in the 4th district, in Chicago.
In years ending in “2”, such as 2022, Illinois requires exactly 5,000 signatures for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House. In other years, Illinois requires a petition signed by 5% of the last vote cast, which is generally between 15,000 and 20,000 signatures.
Michael Peroutka, the Constitution Party’s 2004 presidential nominee, is seeking the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Maryland. The primary is July 19. He is in a two-person race with Jim Shalleck. See this story. Thanks to PoliticalWire for this news.
On June 16, U.S. District Court Judge Jason K. Pulliam, a Trump appointee, struck down a Texas law that won’t permit voters to fax their voter registration applications to the elections office. Vote.org v Callanen, w.d., 5:21cv-649. The Texas law says that if a voter submits an application by fax, the same voter must within four days send a paper copy; otherwise the fax application is rejected. Here is the decision.
The state has filed an appeal, case 22-50536 in the Fifth Circuit.
