On October 31, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an opinion in League of United Latin American Citizens v Executive Office of the President, a case filed earlier this year in the District of Columbia, 1:25cv-946. The Opinion says that President Trump’s executive order on elections is void because the Constitution doesn’t give the president the authority to issue Executive Orders on the subjects of voter registration and election administration.

The Executive Order said that applicants who use the federal Voter Registration Form must attach proof of citizenship. It also said that ballots must arrive in election offices by the close of election day or they are void. Here is the Opinion.

On October 30, Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State and a Republican herself, filed this brief in Hunt v State, n.d., 2:25cv-200. Her brief says the Republican Party’s attempt to have the open primary declared unconstitutional is procedurally flawed. She says the party hasn’t completed the process for establishing that it doesn’t want an open primary. She also says the case was filed too soon, because the party is only requesting a closed primary itself starting in 2028, not 2026.

On October 22, an Arkansas state trial court ruled that voters in State Senate district 26 cannot be forced to wait until June 26, 2026, to fill the vacancy. The seat has been vacant since the incumbent died on September 2. The Governor argued that she has complete discretion to choose the special election date, but the judge said the Governor’s position is not supported by the state Constitution. See this story. The Governor is appealing. The case is Shelby v Sanders, 60cv-25-12172.