Nineteen States File Amicus in Lawsuit Over Whether Federal Law Requires All Votes to be Received by Election Day

on July 10, nineteen states, all with Democratic Attorneys General, filed this amicus in Watson v Republican National Committee, 24-1260.  The Fifth Circuit had ruled that the 1872 federal law telling states to hold congressional elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November implicitly also requires that all votes must be received in election offices by the end of election day.  Therefore, the Fifth Circuit had struck down Mississippi’s law allowing absentee postal ballots to be received by three days after election day.

The Supreme Court hasn’t decided yet whether to hear this case, but it is highly likely that the Court will hear it.

 

New Voter Registration Data for New Mexico

As of June 30, the percentage of voters registered in New Mexico in each party is:  Democratic 42.35%; Republican 32.34%; Libertarian 1.40%; Green .52%; other and independent 23.39%

In May 2024, the percentages were:  Democratic 43.24%; Republican 31.05%; Libertarian 1.13%; Green .57%; other and independent 24.02%.

For the current information, the state’s election website does not show the Libertarian and Green numbers.  They are 18,822 Libertarians and 6,945 Greens.