On July 23, U.S. District Court Judge Bridget M. Brennan, a Biden appointee, issued an opinion in League of Women Voters of Ohio v LaRose, n.d., 1:23cv-2414. It strikes down a 2023 Ohio law that makes it a felony for anyone except a relative or a postal employee to take a voted absentee ballot and deliver it to an election office or a postal collection box. One of the plaintiffs is a disabled person who wanted her caregiver to deliver the ballot. The opinion finds the law to violate the federal Voting Rights Act.

On July 22, the Democratic National Committee said candidates seeking the party’s nomination need 300 signatures of delegates. There are about 4,600 delegates. The party also said it will choose the presidential and vice-presidential nominees in a virtual roll-call, but the date for that still isn’t settled. See this story.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has filed legal arguments with the Illinois State Officers Electoral Board, hoping to stop the petition challenge. He argues that the objectors failed to serve the Kennedy candidates for presidential elector, and that this is a fatal error. Duffy v Kennedy Electoral Board, 24-SOEB-GE 508. Thanks to Sam Cahnman for this news.

Meantime, the preliminary process for a petition challenge has been completed, with representatives of the Kennedy campaign and the objectors having hashed out their positions on each one of the disputed signatures.