No Election Law Decisions from U.S. Supreme Court

On May 21, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two full opinions, but neither was an election law case. There are still five election law decisions that will be issued before the Court goes home for its summer recess, probably at the end of June. All of these decisions will be issued on Mondays, except that because May 28 is a holiday, there will be decisions on Tuesday, May 29.

The five pending election law decisions are three redistricting cases, the case from Minnesota over political clothing at the polls, and the Ohio case on voter registration purges.

Will Gardner, the Only North Dakota Republican for Secretary of State on the Primary Ballot, Withdraws

This article explains that Will Gardner, who is the only candidate listed on the June 12 Republican primary ballot for North Dakota Secretary of State, is withdrawing. The last part of the article discusses the options for the Republican Party. Either another Republican will file as a write-in in the primary, or not. If not, Gardner will certainly win the primary but then, because he has withdrawn, there would be no Republican on the November ballot.

The Libertarian Party is running Roland Riemers for Secretary of State, and the party needs 5% in that race to remain ballot-qualified.