On August 12, the Sixth Circuit refused to hear Erard v Michigan Secretary of State, 14-1873. This is the case in which the Socialist Party, which is not ballot-qualified in Michigan, argues that Michigan discriminates against new parties, relative to old parties. Michigan requires approximately twice as many signatures for a newly-qualifying party to get on the ballot as it requires votes for an already-qualified party to remain on.
On August 14, a Louisiana state court rejected a lawsuit filed by a voter who wants to be registered as both a Democrat and as a Republican. He also wants to run for the legislature this year. See this story.
In These Times has this detailed story about how badly vote-by-mail worked in 2014 in San Juan County, Utah, for the parts of the county that are in the Navajo Reservation.
Florence Sebern, a Republican Party activist in Colorado, has this article in The Colorado Statesman, arguing that presidential caucuses are superior to presidential primaries. Colorado’s legislature this year considered switching to a presidential primary, but did not pass the bill that would have made the change. The Colorado Statesman is a weekly newspaper in Denver covering politics.
This Los Angeles Times editorial applauds the U.S. District Court decision of August 11, striking down a New Hampshire law that criminalizes the act of photographing one’s own voted ballot and then showing it to anyone at all. The decision is Rideout v Gardner. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
