On September 24, a lawsuit was filed in North Carolina state court, arguing that the state’s U.S. House district boundaries violate the state constitution’s provision that elections shall be “free and equal.” The case is in Wake County Superior Court, the same court that invalidated the state’s legislative district boundaries last month under the state constitution. Harper v Lewis. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
Scotusblog has listed Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission as a “cert petition of the week.” See the list here.
This is the case over whether the constitution permits the government to stop a party from receiving a large bequest from a deceased individual.
The Orange County Register has this editorial in opposition to SB 696, which forces the American Independent Party to change its name by October 29, or be removed from the ballot.
On September 26, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed A8228, which lets voters switch parties as late as February of an election year. Voters often want to switch parties in order to vote in a particular party’s primary. The New York presidential primary is in April 2020 and the primary for other office is in June.
New York is still one of the most restrictive states for voter switches, but the old law was much worse. It required voters who want to vote in the 2020 primary to have switched by October 2019.
Indian Country Today, a leading source of news for political news concerning Native Americans, recently carried the press release of the Party for Socialism and Liberation announcing the party’s national ticket, which includes Leonard Peltier for vice-president.
