On November 30, a state trial court in Tucson, Arizona, heard a case filed by two Republican nominees for city council in the 2015 election. Tucson uses partisan city elections, in which partisan primaries are held in districts to select party nominees. Then those nominees run in at-large elections in November. On November 3, Democrats won all the seats. One week later, the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 the Tucson system violates the 14th amendment. Now the two Republicans who carried their home districts on November 3, but not the citywide vote, argue they should be deemed the winners. See this story.

Meanwhile, the city has obtained permission to file a request for rehearing beyond the normal time limit. The rehearing request is now due December 11.