On September 17, the Montana Supreme Court unanimously kept Robert Barb on the ballot as the Green Party nominee for U.S. Senate. Montana Democratic Party v Montana First Judicial District Court, OP 24-0524. Here is the 13-page opinion.
The Democratic Party had charged that the Green Party did not follow its own bylaws when it nominated Barb, but the Court disagreed. The case is technically still alive, and the opinion today relates to injunctive relief only.
On September 17, the Nevada Secretary of State filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Nevada Green Party v Aguilar and Nevada Democratic Party, 24A262. The brief mostly focuses on the “impossibility” of changing the ballots at this late date to restore the Green Party to the ballot.
On September 17, the Nevada Democratic Party filed this response in the U.S. Supreme Court in Nevada Green Party v Aguilar and Nevada Democratic Party, 24A262. The brief mostly says there are procedural rules for why the Nevada Green Party’s request should be denied. The Democratic Party only mentions Trump v Anderson in a single sentence, merely asserting that Trump v Anderson doesn’t change anything.
In Trump v Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously said that the relationship between the people and the presidency of the United States is so strong, Article Two impplicitly bars a “patchwork” in which presidential candidates are on the ballot in some states and not other states. If the Nevada Green Party cannot get on the ballot this year, Nevada, Oklahoma and South Dakota voters will be the only ones in the nation who are barred from physically casting a vote for Jill Stein.
The identical bills in Congress to mandate ranked choice voting in primaries and general elections for Congress now have bill numbers. In the Senate, S.5048. In the House, HR 9578.
On Sunday, September 15, the Georgia Supreme Court took jurisdiction of the ballot access appeal of Claudia De la Cruz and Cornel West. The lower court had removed them, saying they should not have submitted petitions in the name of the presidential candidates, but that instead they should have submitted a petition for each of their presidential elector candidates. See this story.
