On June 6, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Republican National Committee v Genser, 24-786. This is the case over whether voters whose original postal ballot was invalid, and who then cast a provisional ballot. The Republican Party did not believe that the provisional ballot should be allowed.
On June 5, a New Jersey state trial court let a voter switch back to the Democratic Party after the legal deadline. The voter persuaded the judge that election officials had mistakenly switched his enrollment to the Constitution Party without his knowledge. See this story.
On June 5, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr dismissed his ballot access case, because earlier this year the legislature passed a bill that lets independent candidates for president circulate a petition before having chosen a vice-presidential nominee.
On June 5, the First Circuit held oral arguments on whether to grant Maine state representative Laurel D. Libby injunctive relief that would enable her to speak in the State House of Representatives. The U.S. Supreme Court already granted her injunctive relief letting her vote on the floor of the State House. But the U.S. Supreme Court did not consider the issue of her ability to speak. Libby v Fecteau, 36-1385.
The oral argument lasted for one hour and twelve minutes. Listen to it at this link.
In April the First Circuit had denied injunctive relief to Libby on both voting and speaking. In April the three judges were Gustavo Gelpi, William J. Kayatta, and Lara Montecalvo. But on June 5, there was a different panel, including only one judge who had been on the case in April, Judge Montecalvo. The two other judges on June 5 were Seth Aframe and Camille Velez-Rive.
On June 5, Elon Musk issued a message on X, “It’s time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle.” See this story in The Hill.
