California Secretary of State Alex Padilla held a press conference on November 2. He was asked if he favors restoring write-in space to California general elections for partisan office (California still has write-in space for primaries and non-partisan elections). All he said was that this is a matter for the legislature to decide.

Of course, the California Secretary of State always recommends election law changes to the legislature, so his answer seems to indicate he is satisfied with the status quo.

On October 26, the Libertarian National Committee filed this brief in Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. circuit. This is the last brief before the court hears oral argument next month. This is the case over whether it is constitutional to forbid a party from receiving a bequest from a deceased person, and receiving the money as soon as the estate is settled, rather than having to keep most of the money in escrow for years into the future.

On November 1, a U.S. District Court in Kansas refused to order the county clerk of Ford County, Kansas, to alter the location of Dodge City’s polling location. Here is the 10-page order in Rangel-Lopez v Cox, 2:18cv-2572.