An incumbent magistrate judge in New Mexico is carrying on a court fight to be put on the Democratic primary ballot. The primary is June 5. A state district court had put her on the ballot, but on April 11, the State Supreme Court removed her. However, it appears she can re-file her lawsuit in a different district court and still prevail. See this story.

She was originally elected as a Democrat, and she expected to run for re-election this year as a Democrat, but apparently her registration was accidentally changed from “Democrat” to “independent” when she visited a state agency about her drivers license, so the county clerk wouldn’t include her on the Democratic primary ballot, so far. Her original court case was filed in Santa Fe County, which has jurisdiction over the Secretary of State. But she should instead have filed in the district court in the county that has jurisdiction over her county clerk.

Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State has instructed all the counties to eliminate all vote-counting machines that don’t create a paper audit trail, before the 2020 election. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

On April 5, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan let SB 1048 become law, although he declined to sign it. Starting in 2019, it provides that every adult citizen known to exist by an agency of government will automatically be registered to vote, unless the individual declines to be registered.