A poll released September 19 for the U.S. Senate race shows these results: Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine 49%, Republican Corey Stewart 30%; Libertarian Matt Waters 6%; undecided 15%. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.
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On September 18, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed AB 1947, which outlaws paying petitioners on a per-signature basis. Here is his veto message.
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 the night of September 17, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg said she would not order Georgia to replace its vote-counting machines in time for the 2018 election. But she said that is only because there isn’t enough time to make the change. For the future, she said the lawsuit is “substantially likely” to invalidate future use of the machines. Read the 46-page opinion here. Twice the opinion relies on Bush v Gore. It also says the officials in charge of elections have “buried their heads in the sand”, because the machines are easily hacked and do not leave a paper trail. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
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.