On July 10, the Eleventh Circuit refused to rehear Rose v Raffensperger, the case over whether Georgia’s at-large elections for Public Service Commission violate the federal Voting Rights Act. The vote was 8-3, with one abstention. The three judges who wanted to rehear the case wrote at length, and one of the judges who didn’t want to rehear the case also wrote.

As a result, there will continue to be at-large elections for this partisan office, instead of district elections. If the lawsuit had succeeded, the state would have had five districts, each one electing a commissioner. Here is the decision.

On July 10, the Democratic National Committee said it still intends to nominate for president and vice president with a virtual roll call, instead of at the physical convention in August. The delegates will meet on July 21 to learn about the procedure, and the roll call will follow shortly afterwards, probably in a day or so. See this story.

On July 9, Indiana county election officials reported validity checks for the independent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. petition. Taken together, the county reports show he has enough valid signatures. See this story.

Kennedy needed more valid signatures from Indiana than from any other states except for Texas, New York and Arizona.