On September 23, the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay the U.S. District Court had imposed on the Ohio law that requires individuals registering to vote at Motor Vehicle offices must provide proof of citizenship. The order is unsigned. One judge dissented. The two judges in the majority are Whitney Hermandorfer and John Nalbandian, Trump appointees. The dissenting judge is Kevin Ritz, a Biden appointee. Red Wine & Blue v LaRose, 26-3813. Here is the order.
On September 23, twenty-two states filed this amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the dispute over Missouri’s U.S. House districts. The brief supports the 2025 map. The states are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia. All of these states have Republican Attorneys General.
The only states that have Republican Attorneys General and which did not sign this brief (other than Missouri) are: New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wyoming.
On September 23, defenders of Missouri’s 2025 U.S. House districts map filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court.
David Reynolds has this op-ed in the Connecticut Mirror, advocating that Connecticut ease its ballot access barriers, especially those relating to primary ballot access.
