Voter suppression
https://apnews.com/44e59e83fb65555a01ee9173768b4564
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s 2020 general election ballot has been certified without Green Party candidates, for now.
Secretary of State Corey Stapleton’s certification, sent to counties late Thursday, includes an asterisk. It says the secretary and other parties are challenging a Montana Supreme Court decision affirming a lower court ruling that removed Green Party candidates from the ballot.
The certification says if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to consider the case and stays the Montana Supreme Court order before the ballots are printed and mailed, the secretary will be allowed to include the Green Party candidates on the ballot.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/19/texas-democrats-green-party-november/
Texas Democrats are successfully suing to kick Green Party candidates off the November ballot
Democrats won legal rulings Wednesday blocking Green Party nominees for U.S. Senate, railroad commissioner and the 21st Congressional District from appearing on the November ballot.
State and national Democrats are waging a legal offensive to kick Green Party candidates off the ballot in some of Texas' highest-profile races this fall — and they are seeing success.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/20/election-commission-deadlocks-whether-let-green-party-ballot/3404370001/
Members of the state Elections Commission deadlocked late Thursday on whether to allow the Green Party presidential and vice presidential candidates on the Wisconsin ballot this November, making it likely the courts will decide the issue.
The commission is made up of three Democratic and three Republican appointees. On both votes, the Democrats came out against the two Green Party candidates, while the Republicans cast their votes in their favor.
https://baltimorebrew.com/2020/08/18/green-party-candidates-will-appear-on-maryland-ballots-in-november/
Maryland voters will have more options this November – and Democrats will face a little more competition – after the Maryland Green Party’s petition for ballot access won state approval today.
The Green and Libertarian parties sued the state in U.S. District Court for a lower signature requirement – from 10,000 to 5,000 – and in June they won. In April, the Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE) allowed a more accessible electronic signature system which, in the past, required voters to print and sign.
https://www.newsweek.com/kanye-west-fails-qualify-ohio-fourth-state-reject-his-nomination-papers-1526780?piano_t=1
Kanye West Fails To Qualify In Ohio, The Fourth State To Reject His Nomination Papers
Rapper Kanye West has now failed to qualify to appear on the presidential ballot in four states—Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana and Illinois.
Ohio's Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced on Friday that West will not appear as an independent candidate due to mismatched paperwork.
"There is no doubt that the West nominating petition and declaration of candidacy failed to meet the necessary threshold for certification."
To appear on the ballot in Ohio, candidates need at least 5,000 valid signatures from registered voters in the state. West's campaign submitted 14,886.