On November 15, the New Hampshire Libertarian Party has a hearing in state court over its lawsuit against a state law that gives the statewide list of registered voters to the two major parties at a very low price, but denies the list to any other group.

Also on November 15, a federal court in Idaho will hear Beck v Ysursa, the case filed by 72 Republican Party activists, officers and legislators to obtain a closed primary for the Republican Party.

Also, the Michigan State Court of Appeals will hear Grebner v State on November 15, at 1:30 pm. This is the case over whether the state can give the list of presidential primary participants only to the two major parties. Thanks to Tony Roza for this news.

On November 12, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle (of Tallahassee, Florida) denied a request for a new trial, in Reform Party v O’Hara. Back in August 2007, a jury had found that the most recent Reform Party national convention was invalid. That had the effect of reinstating Rodney Martin of Arizona as national chair, instead of Charles Foster of Texas. That jury decision has now been reaffirmed.

All the briefs in opposition to Indiana’s law requiring voters at the polls to show government photo-ID have now been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. See this link (courtesy of the Brennan Center for Justice) to read these briefs. The case is actually two combined cases, Crawford v Marion County Election Board, and Indiana Democratic Party v Rokita. There are 23 briefs. This is almost surely a record number of amicus curiae briefs in any U.S. Supreme Court election law case, at least in the past 20 years. It will be interesting to see how many organizations file amici briefs on the side of Indiana’s law.

The briefs in defense of the Indiana law are due next month. Then, there will be a set of rebuttal briefs. The oral argument will probably be in late winter or early spring 2008.