On October 29, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Turzai v Brandt, 17-1700. This was the case in which Republican legislative leaders in Pennsylvania had tried to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to undo the State Supreme Court’s redrawing … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2018
In 2017, an independent resident of North Carolina, Michael Crowell, filed a federal lawsuit against the law that said only Democrats and Republicans could ever serve on the State Board of Elections, or a county board of elections. The case … Continue reading
On October 25, the New York Reform Party filed a lawsuit in state court over this year’s ballot format inside New York city. See this story, which has a photo of the ballot. The ballot outside New York city is … Continue reading
On October 22, the Virginia Board of Elections filed this brief in the Fourth Circuit in Fitzgerald v Alcorn, 18-1111. The issue is the Virginia law that says incumbent office-holders who are running for re-election may dictate to their party … Continue reading
Voters in Texas who use the straight-ticket device are sometimes finding that the device doesn’t work. This year, some voters who push the Republican straight-ticket button end up casting no vote for U.S. Senate. And some voters who push the … Continue reading