The Sixth Circuit has requested that the Ohio Secretary of State file a response by 5 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, in Stein v LaRose, 24-3923. This is the lawsuit over whether votes for Jill Stein (who is on the ballot) should be counted. Stein’s Reply brief is due October 30.
On October 28, the Republican National Committee asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on the issue of whether voters can cast a provisional ballot if their original postal ballot is rejected. Republican National Committee v Genser, 24A408. Here is the filing.
On October 28, the Michigan Secretary of State filed this response in Kennedy v Benson, 24A405, the lawsuit over whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. should be permitted to withdraw in Michigan. Like the Wisconsin withdrawal case, this is in the U.S. Supreme Court.
On October 28, the Wisconsin Elections Commission filed this response in the lawsuit over whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. should be allowed to withdraw. Kennedy v Wisconsin Elections Commission, 24A399.
On Friday, October 25, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let him withdraw from the ballot. Kennedy v Benson, 24A405. The basis is that the Secretary of State restored him to the ballot after the statutory deadline. The Michigan State Court of Appeals had let him withdraw, but then the State Supreme Court contramanded that. However the State Supreme Court order came down after the statutory deadline to change the list of candidates, and the State Supreme Court did not give permission for the Secretary of State to ignore that deadline.
