Here is the transcript for the October 3 oral argument in the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. The transcript is 74 pages.
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The North Carolina legislature meets again on October 4, Wednesday, for the third special session. The ballot access bill, SB 656, may be taken up. It has already passed both houses, but the versions in each house differed. A conference committee has been appointed for the bill.
On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Gill v Whitford, 16-1161, the Wisconsin political gerrymandering case. Here is a New York Times story about the oral argument.
UPDATE: here is a more detailed Reuters story.
FURTHER UPDATE: this Chicago Tribune story says Justice Anthony Kennedy “did not tip his hand”, and it seems obvious that the other justices are divided, four on each side.
Ballot Access News
September 1, 2017 – Volume 33, Number 4
| This issue was printed on white paper. |
Table of Contents
- U.S. DISTRICT COURT INVALIDATES UTAH PETITION DEADLINE FOR NEW PARTIES IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS
- CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE TO REPEAL TOP-TWO
- ILLINOIS INDIRECTLY EASES BALLOT ACCESS
- ONE OF THE DEBATES LAWSUITS LOSES
- PENNSYLVANIA SORE LOSER LAW UPHELD FOR PRESIDENT
- CALIFORNIA BILLS
- U.S. SUPREME COURT APPEARS INTERESTED IN POLITICAL CLOTHING AT THE POLLS CASE
- IOWA LIBERTARIAN WITHSTANDS ENERGETIC CHALLENGE
- NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
- INDIA
- BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS LOSE LAWSUIT AGAINST DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- FIFTH CIRCUIT INVALIDATES TEXAS ELECTION LAW
- ERRATA
- “DISOBEDIENT” ELECTOR LEGAL NEWS
- 2018: US HOUSE SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR NEW PARTIES, FULL SLATE
- LAST TIME MINOR PARTY OR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WON A CONSTITUTIONAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWSUIT
- GREEN PARTY ON STATEWIDE 2017 PENNSYLVANIA BALLOT
- MEETING MAY LAUNCH NEW PARTY
- DICK GREGORY DIES
- GREEN PARTY GAINS A COUNCILMEMBER
- SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
- REFORM PARTY HAS A CONTESTED PRIMARY FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
The lawsuit Wilding v Democratic National Committee Services Corporation has been appealed to the Eleventh Circuit. This is the case, filed in 2016, by Bernie Sanders supporters who had donated money to the Democratic Party, and who feel the party defrauded them because its rules said it would be neutral in the presidential nomination battle, yet in reality national party leaders seem to not been neutral. The case is now 17-14194.