On November 1, the U.S. District Court Judge in Arizona who had issued injunctive relief for one voter in Coconino County to wear clothing to the polls that mentions the Tea Party expanded his ruling to cover the entire state. See this story.
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On November 1, Sarah Palin endorsed Tom Tancredo for Governor of Colorado. He is the Constitution Party nominee. See this story. Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news.
Laura Wells, Green Party gubernatorial nominee, will appear in court in San Rafael, California, on election day. She was arrested for trespassing last month when she tried to sit in the audience for one of the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman major party gubernatorial debates. She and her attorney, Matt Gonzalez, are holding a press conference on the county courthouse steps at 12:30 p.m. See this story.
Laura Wells, Green Party gubernatorial nominee, will appear in court in San Rafael, California, on election day. She was arrested for trespassing last month when she tried to sit in the audience for one of the Jerry Brown-Meg Whitman major party gubernatorial debates. She and her attorney, Matt Gonzalez, are holding a press conference on the county courthouse steps at 12:30 p.m. See this story.
On November 1, the U.S. Department of Justice, Voting Rights Section, pre-cleared the rules for write-in candidates set forth last week by the Alaska Supreme Court. Alaska is one of the states in which changes to election laws and procedures must be approved by the Voting Rights Section. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
Earlier on November 1, five voters had filed a federal lawsuit against the Alaska Elections Division, complaining that the latest version of the Alaska Supreme Court rules for write-ins had not been pre-cleared. That case was Rudolph v Fenumiai, 3:10-cv-00243. But the lawsuit is now moot.
Last week the Alaska Supreme Court had said that elections officials may show the list of declared write-in candidates to any voter who asks to see it.