On April 3, the New Jersey counties that support the old ballot format filed this reply brief. All three briefs are now filed, so a decision should be out soon.
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On April 2, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, a Republican, called on the Nebraska legislature to pass LB 764. It was introduced on January 18, 2023, and has not made any headway in the legislative session, which lasts two years.
The bill ends the ability of each U.S. House district to elect its own presidential elector. Similar bills have been introduced in Nebraska for each session in the last 15 years.
In 2008 and 2020, the U.S. House district that is centered on Omaha elected a Democratic presidential elector, while the other districts in the state elected Republicans.
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On April 2, the Democratic candidates for various New Jersey offices in the June 4 primary filed this brief with the Third circuit, in the case against discriminatory ballot formats used by most New Jersey counties in primaries.
On April 2, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the North Carolina Democratic Party must pay attorneys fees to the Green Party’s attorney, stemming from the Democrats’ intervention into the 2022 Green Party ballot access lawsuit. In 2022 the Green Party won a lawsuit to get on the ballot in North Carolina. During the litigation, the Democrats intervened in the case. Also after the Green Party had won in federal court, the Democrats filed a new lawsuit to remove the Greens in state court.
The U.S. District Court determined that some of the actions of those two Democratic Party bodies was “frivolous, unreasonable, and without foundation”, so the Democrats must pay $6 525 to the Green Party’s attorney. Green Party of North Carolina v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:22cv-276. Here is the order.