On September 15, the Utah State Supreme Court refused to block an order from a lower state court that requires the legislature to redraw the U.S. House districts. Currently all four districts are held by Republicans. League of Women Voters v Utah State Legislature, 2025 UT 39.
New York City has seven mayoral candidates on the November 4, 2025 ballot. See the list here from the Board of Elections. Zohran Mamdani is listed twice, so there are eight listings. The Board’s list includes the ballot slogans and shows the order of candidates on the ballot. Andrew Cuomo is seventh on the list. To see the list, click on the button that says “View Sample Ballot.”
Incumbent Eric Adams is said to be about to withdraw from the race, but he can’t remove his name from the ballot.
On September 12, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute v North Carolina State Board of Elections, 24-1512. It agrees with the lower court that North Carolina’s felon disenfranchisement law violates the Fourteenth Amendment, based on its history. The decision is by Judge DeAndrea Gist Benjamin (a Biden appointee), and is signed by Judges James A. Wynn and Pamela A. Harris (Obama appointees).
The No Labels Party of Arizona, which is ballot-qualified, is asking its members whether the party should change its name. Voting is still underway, but the name “Arizona Independent Party” is leading.
Other states that have had a ballot-qualified party named “Independent Party” have been Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, and Utah.
On September 12, the Missouri legislature passed HB 1, the bill to change the boundaries of U.S. House districts. Also on September 12, some Kansas City voters filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging that the new boundaries, and the very process of redrawing them in the middle of the decade, violates the Missouri Constitution. Wise v State of Missouri, Circuit Court, Jackson County, 2516-cv29597.
It’s possible that the referendum process might be used against the new districts, although that takes a difficult petition.
