On June 30, the People’s Party of Florida asked for reconsideration in its ballot access case, People’s Party of Florida v Florida Department of State, m.d., 8:22cv-1274. The brief is very convincing. It points out that the Florida law, requiring a candidate to have been a registered member of a party for 365 days before filing for office, bans new parties from having any nominees in its first election. This is clearly unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court several times has banned discrimination against new parties, relative to old parties.

On June 24, the Ohio Supreme Court granted deadline relief to some candidates for various Ohio offices. Ohio is holding two primaries this year, one held in May for U.S. House and statewide office, and one on August 2 for legislative candidates and candidates for party office who are elected from legislative districts. No one expected the August primary to be held, and it is being held because the districts had been invalidated a few months ago. Despite the surprise of new legislative districts and a later primary for some offices, the Secretary of State had refused to relax the candidacy deadline of February 2.

The Ohio Supreme Court extended the deadline for those offices to May 4. The vote was 4-3. State ex rel De Mora v LaRise, 2022-Ohio-2173. Here is the decision.

UPDATE: a lower state court granted relief to another candidate on June 29. See this story.

Ballot Access News
June 2022 – Volume 38, Number 1

1. ALASKA LEGISLATURE EASES DEFINITION OF A QUALIFIED POLITICAL PARTY
2. NEW YORK OUT-OF-STATE PETITIONER BAN ENJOINED
3. ARIZONA BAN ON PAYING PETITIONERS PER SIGNATURE OVERTURNED
4. ARIZONA LEGALIZES ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES FOR INDEPENDENTS
5. “INSURRECTION” COURT DECISIONS
6. NEW YORK CHANGES BOUNDARIES BUT WON’T EXTEND PETITION DEADLINE
7. TENNESSEE QUALIFICATIONS CASE
8. GEORGIA BALLOT ACCESS CASE
9. MORE LAWSUIT NEWS
10. SOUTH CAROLINA BANS FUSION
11. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
12. BOOK REVIEW: LIBERTARIANISM: JOHN HOSPERS, THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY’S 50th ANNIVERSARY, AND BEYOND
13. INSTANCES OF GOOD BALLOT ACCESS BILLS THAT PASSED, 1972-2022
14. INSTANCES OF GOOD BALLOT ACCESS BILLS THAT PASSED, 1922-1971
15. FIVE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES REMOVED FROM MICHIGAN PRIMARY BALLOT
16. AUSTRALIA 2022 ELECTION
17. PETER ACKERMAN, FOUNDER OF AMERICANS ELECT, DIES
18. PEACE & FREEDOM CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE TOURS RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED PARTS OF UKRAINE
19. ALASKA DEMOCRATS FEAR BEING EXCLUDED IN U.S. HOUSE SPECIAL
20. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL