On October 21, U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin enjoined the Department of Homeland Security from ringing doorbells in certain neighborhoods in nine states and asking if the inhabitant might have voted even though that inhabitant is not a citizen. The basis for the order is the federal Voting Rights Act, which bars intimidation of voters. California Nurses Association v Mullin, n.d., 4:26cv-10680. The judge stayed her own order until October 23 to give the federal government time to appeal.
Here is the ruling.

A U.S. District Court will hear U.S.A. v State of California, c.d., 2:26cv-12025, on Tuesday, October 27. This is the case in which the federal government demands that approximately 20,000 ballots be set aside and not counted. The hearing will be in Santa Ana.

Here is the brief of the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, Dean Logan, in opposition to the federal government’s position.

The case has been transferred to U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, a Clinton appointee.

The Boston Globe has four op-eds concerning Question Three, the top-two primary. Two are in favor and two are opposed. They are behind a paywall.

The pieces in favor are: (1) Danielle Allen wrote, “All-party primaries will make Massachusetts races more competitive”; (2) Bob Massie wrote, “This is a democratic reform progressives should like.”

The pieces in opposition are: (1) Jim Sturgis, “As bad as political parties can be, we still need them.”; (2) Richard Winger wrote, “Q-3 will be devastating for small parties.”

The four are grouped together under the heading, “Does the all-party primary make sense?” The Globe has endorsed Question Three and is supporting an attempt to change the nomenclature. “Top-two primary” is a neutral term coined in 2008 by the Washington state press. The Washington state press couldn’t call it an “open primary” because Washington already had an open primary. Proponents of top-two primaries have been trying for years to find another term. For years they called it a “non-partisan primary”, which makes little sense because party labels appear on the ballot. “All-party primary” is now their preferred label.