On July 17, U.s. District Court Matthew Kacsmaryk refused to let Veterans for All Voters intervene in Hunt v State of Texas, n.d., 2:25cv-200. This is the lawsuit in which the Texas Republican Party argues that it has a right to a closed primary. Veterans for All Voters wanted to intervene in the case to support the existing open primary law. But the judge said that the Texas Secretary of State is already defending the law, so there is no need for interention. Veterans for All Voters had argued that the Secretary of State might leave her position soon, but the judge said that is speculative. The case is unusual because the Secretary of State is defending the existing open primary law, but the Texas Attorney General is on the side of the Republican Party and is refusing to defend the law.
This is Jane Nelson’s last day as SOS. The new SOS begins tomorrow.
Sink or swim?
The Veterans for All Voters had earlier been accepted as an amicus. They had recently applied to switch to an intervenor out of concern that the SOS office would drop its opposition to the proposed consent decree.
https://notthebee.com/article/trump-china-stole-220m-us-voter-files-runs-shadow-government-to-rig-elections-