U.S. District Court Judge Joel Slomsky will hear Little v Vasquez on Wednesday, September 13, at 2 p.m. This is the lawsuit filed by the Republican nominee and the Green nominee in the special legislative election in Philadelphia that has held on March 21, 2017. The Democratic and Green nominees were both write-in candidates. The only name on the ballot was the Republican nominee, Lucinda Little. The Green nominee was Cheri Honkala; she placed second, ahead of the Republican.

The plaintiffs argue that the election was so flawed that the results should be set aside. The Republican and Green nominees charge that polling place officials actively encouraged voters to cast a write-in for the Democratic nominee.

This case has moved slowly because the defendants took so long to answer the complaint.

This Los Angeles Times article says four Democrats who are running for California Lieutenant Governor have raised at least $600,000 in campaign funds, and a fifth who might seek that office has raised $2.8 million. It also says, “So far, no major Republican candidates are actively campaigning for Lieutenant Governor.”

Under the top-two system that has been in effect in California since 2011, this probably means that the only two choices on the November 2018 ballot for Lieutenant Governor will be two Democrats. No write-ins will be permitted.

California elections for Lieutenant Governor are separate from gubernatorial elections. The only other populous state that has separate elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor is Texas.

The North Carolina re-convenes on Friday, August 18. According to this story, the legislature will take up not only redistricting, but other election law bills. This is good news for SB 656, the ballot access bill that has passed both houses of the legislature already, but still isn’t through the legislature because the two versions differ.

The bill to redraw legislative districts will probably receive a vote on August 24 or August 25.