On October 15, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Texas to respond to the brief filed by voting rights groups, in the case over the state’s government photo-ID law for voting at the polls. The response is due on October 16 by 5 p.m. eastern time. The case is Veasey v Perry, 14A393.
On October 15, various voting rights organizations appealed the Texas government photo-ID case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is the 19-page application in Veasey v Perry, 14A393. The document itself is considerably more than 19 pages, because of the attached appendices.
In this case, the U.S. District Court had invalidated the Texas law, and enjoined it. Then the Fifth Circuit had reversed and reinstated the law for the November 4, 2014 election. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
UPDATE: here is the 40-page brief of the U.S. Solicitor General, who represents the U.S. Department of Justice, which is on the side of the voting rights organizations and against the state of Texas. Thanks to Scotusblog for that link.
All five candidates for Delaware Attorney General will debate on October 15. They are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Independent, Libertarian, and Green Parties. See this story. The same story says all three candidates on the ballot for U.S. Senate will debate on October 29. They are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties.
On October 14, all six candidates who are on the Colorado ballot for Governor participated in a joint forum. They candidates are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian Parties, and two independents, Mike Dunafon and Paul Fiorino. See this story.
On October 16, all three ballot-listed candidates for Governor of Connecticut will debate. See this story. The debate will include the Democratic and Republican Party nominees, and the independent candidate, Joe Visconti. Thanks to Dominick Kot for the link.
