On April 24, the Montana Republican Party and some county Republican Parties filed this reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. The briefs are now all submitted, in both this case and the Hawaii Democratic Party case. Probably the U.S. Supreme Court will soon set a conference date for both cases. Both cases challenge open primaries. In both cases, the lower courts said the parties haven’t proved that open primaries injure them. In both cases, the major parties argue that they are harmed by never knowing which voters are helping choose their nominees. Unlike the rules in some open primary states, in Hawaii and Montana the voter’s choice of which party primary to choose is secret.

Georgia law does not permit anyone to register to vote, and then be eligible to vote, for a run-off, after the deadline for registering in the first election. Only voters who were already registered for the first election may vote in a run-off, even though the two events are approximately two months apart in time. The Georgia NAACP challenged this law in a lawsuit filed April 20. On April 24, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten expedited the case, which is Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v Kemp, n.d., 1:17cv-1397.

The state must respond to the lawsuit by April 28, Friday, at noon. Oral argument will be Thursday, May 4, at 2 pm.

See here for the official election returns from the web page for France’s elections administration. Although there are very few returns posted, it is possible to click on the map to see the returns from various overseas possessions of France and see how they voted.

The Guardian’s web page here is better for people who want to see the entire national vote totals. Thanks to Eric Garris for the links.