On May 1, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., held a press conference in New York city and presented polling data that if the presidential election were between former President Donald Trump and Kennedy, with no Democrat in the race, that Kennedy would win. See this story.
On April 26, three more organizations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Rose v Raffensperger, 23-1060, the case over whether the Voting Rights Act requires Georgia to elect Public Service Commissioners by some method other than standard at-large elections.
Here is the amicus brief of the Sierra Club.
Here is the brief of constitutional law scholars Quinn Yeargain and Anthony Kreis.
Here is the brief of Georgia Conservation Voters Educational Fund.
Fairvote had already filed an amicus in this case.
On April 30, the Alabama House Constitution, Campagins & Elections Committee passed SB 324. This is the bill to move the deadline for qualified parties to certify their presidential and vice-presidential nominees, and also for independent presidential petitions, to late August. The bill had already passed the Senate.
On April 30, the chair of the Hawaii Democratic Party said that the Democratic Party will not appeal the decision of the Elections Commission that the We the People Party is on the ballot. We the People is the vehicle for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to appear on the ballot in Hawaii. It is conceivable that the party will have candidates for office other than President. Any Hawaii adult citizen is free to run in the party’s August primary for Congress or state legislature.
The Bulwark has this interesting analysis of legal complexities of the Republican Party nominates two residents of Florida for national office. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the link.
