On September 13, the Sixth Circuit refused to rehear Thompson v DeWine, 21-3514, the case over whether the health crisis should have meant petitioning relief for Ohio initiatives.
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On September 10, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a brief order, saving the registration of certain voters who registered between August 23 and September 3. A state trial court on August 23 had allowed ex-felons who are on parole or probation to register to vote. On September 3 the state court of appeals had reversed that order. The main issue isn’t settled yet, but the September 10 order means that people who registered in reliance on the trial court’s order will not have their voter registration cancelled. See this story.
At least five lawsuits have been filed against the new Texas law on voting procedures. This ABA Journal article lists them. Four are in federal court and one is in state court. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
On September 10, the voters who support letting Mayor Byron Brown on the November 2021 ballot for Mayor of Buffalo filed two briefs in the Second Circuit. This brief answers the arguments of Democratic nominee India Walton, who hopes to persuade the Second Circuit to remove Brown from the ballot.
This brief responds to the arguments of the Erie County Board of Elections.
Although the two briefs are similar, and sometimes identical, they differ in some places because India Walton’s attorneys made some arguments that the Board of Elections didn’t make, and vice versa.
On September 10, the California Secretary of State released new voter registration data. All of the six qualified parties except the Republican Party gained, compared to the last tally. The number of independent voters declined. However, all those changes were small. The most interesting result was the increase in Common Sense Party registration. The Common Sense Party is not ballot-qualified but is working hard to reach enough registrations to qualify. The requirement is constantly changing, but currently is 72,403 registrants.
The Common Sense Party has 17,322 registrants, as of the tally date of August 30. In the last tally, as of July 16, it had 11,965.
For the qualified parties, the percentages are: Democratic 46.54%; Republican 24.02%; American Independent 3.24%; Libertarian .97%; Peace & Freedom .501%; Green .401%; independent, miscellaneous and unknown 24.31%.
At the July 16, 202l tally, the percentages were: Democratic 46.49%; Republican 24.05%; American Independent 3.22%; Libertarian .96%; Peace & Freedom .498%; Green .399%; independent, miscellaneous and unknown 24.38%.
Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s new tally.