The Campaign Legal Center has this chart, to help anyone know the exact rules for ex-felon voting in each state. Thanks to Ken Bush for the link.
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On September 9, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed Kendra Brooks for Philadelphia city council-at-large. Brooks is the nominee of the Working Families Party. She is not the nominee of any other party. See this story.
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.
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.
Law Professor Garrett Epps has this very interesting article about the electoral college in The Atlantic. Thanks to Howard Bashman for the link.