Noted Election Law Professors File Amicus in Arizona Case on Timing of Special U.S. Senate Elections

Posted on by September 10, 2019
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On September 4, some noted election law professors filed an amicus in the 9th circuit in Tedards v Ducey, 19-16308. This is the case over whether Arizona can wait until November 2020 to hold an election to replace U.S. Senator John McCain. He died in August 2018. The professors are Erwin Chemerinsky, Helen Hershkoff, Alexander Keyssar, Lawrence Lessig, and Sanford Levinson. UPDATE: Here is the amicus. The amicus is on the side of the people who feel the Constitution requires a special election before November 2020.

California Republican Party Convention Passes Alternate Delegate Selection Plan

Posted on by September 8, 2019
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The California Republican Party held a state convention September 6-8. It passed a rules change, letting the party hold a special state convention after the March 2020 to choose delegates to the national convention, in case the party doesn’t win its pending lawsuits against the law that will bar President Trump from the presidential primary. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.

South Carolina Republican Party Appears to Have Violated its own Rules by Cancelling 2020 Presidential Primary with No Permission from State Convention

Posted on by September 8, 2019
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The South Carolina Republican Party rules say that the state convention has the authority to cancel an upcoming presidential primary. Recently the State Executive Committee voted to cancel the 2020 presidential primary. As this story points out, the rules don’t give any authority to the State Executive Committee to take that step.

Ironically, a former Republican Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, announced on September 8 that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination.