On Friday, October 25, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let him withdraw from the ballot. Kennedy v Benson, 24A405. The basis is that the Secretary of State restored him to the ballot after the statutory deadline. The Michigan State Court of Appeals had let him withdraw, but then the State Supreme Court contramanded that. However the State Supreme Court order came down after the statutory deadline to change the list of candidates, and the State Supreme Court did not give permission for the Secretary of State to ignore that deadline.

Here is the filing.

The November 1, 2024 print edition of Ballot Access News will carry a chart showing the number of registered voters in each state, in each party.

The chart will also show past national percentages, for each of the last five presidential elections.

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The registration chart in the November 1, 2024 print edition will show a decline in the percentage of voters in the Democratic and Libertarian Parties compared to May 2024. It will show a percentage increase for Republicans, independents, Greens, and the No Labels Party. Also it will show a large increase in the percentage of voters registered in other minor parties, relative to May 2024.

The November 1 print issue will also include a chart for the number of legislative candidates, for each party, in each state, and information comparing candidate totals to past elections.

On October 25, U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, dismissed the lawsuit Lupo v Tennessee Secretary of State, m.d., 3:24cv-1088. This is the Tennessee ballot access lawsuit filed by electors for Shiva Ayyadurai, the independent presidential candidate who was born in India. His Tennessee petition had enough valid signatures but he was kept off the ballot because of his place of birth.

The decision does say that the case is not moot. It depends partly on the similar Nebraska decision of October 17, but the Tennessee decision does not discuss Trump v Anderson. Here is the decision.