On September 11, the voters who formerly lived in Illinois, and who now live in Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, filed this reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is Segovia v U.S. The Court has put the case on its October 5 conference.

U.S. citizens who move to a foreign country retain the right to vote absentee, in the state in which they lived before they left the country. In Illinois, if they move to American Samoa or Northern Mariana Islands, they also retain the right to vote absentee in Illinois elections. The only places in the world that are fatal for the ability to continue to vote in Illinois are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

On September 20, the four ballot-listed candidates for Governor of Illinois will debate each other. They are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Conservative Parties. The debate is sponsored by NBC Chicago, Telemundo, and the Chicago Urban League. See this story.

On September 17, oral argument was held in a U.S. District Court in Schmitt v Husted. This is the Ohio case over whether the First Amendment allows Ohio to let county election boards reject initiatives, based on their content. The plaintiffs filed the case after Portage County Board of Elections rejected some local initiatives, even though they had enough signatures. Plaintiffs argue that only courts can decide whether to reject an initiatve based on its content. The judge said he would rule by September 19.