The Michigan Secretary of State will ask the Sixth Circuit to remove Chris Graveline from the November 2018 ballot. He is the candidate for Attorney General who won injunctive relief against the ballot access law on August 27. He is on the ballot now. See this story.
Arizona held primaries on August 28. The incumbent Secretary of State, Michele Reagan, lost the Republican primary by more than two-to-one, to businessman Steve Gaynor, who vastly outspent her. It is very rare for incumbent Secretaries of State to lose a primary.
On August 28, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg issued an order in Curling v Kemp, n.d., 1:17cv-2989. This is the lawsuit over whether Georgia may continue to use vote-counting machines that do not leave an audit trail. The 3-page order clears away all procedural objections to the lawsuit, and sets another oral argument for Monday, September 17, on the question of whether she should issue an injunction against the existing machines.
A local initiative has qualified for the ballot in Fargo, North Dakota. It would switch elections for city office to Approval Voting. See this story. Thanks to Shawn Griffiths for this news.
On August 29, a few hours after the oral argument, the West Virginia Supreme Court issued a two-page order, denying the Constitution Party’s lawsuit to be on the ballot for U.S. Senate. Its nominee is Don Blankenship, who had earlier this year lost the Republican primary for the same office. The Court says it will explain its reasoning later. Thanks to Phil Hudok for this news.
