On September 21, twenty African-American office-holders in Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to issue a stay of new U.S. House districts. They include Congressmember Terri Sewell, the Mayors of Birmingham and Montgomery, eleven state legislators, a county commissioner, and five other city elected officials. Here is their brief.
According to this news story, over 15,000 Arizona registered voters have become members of the No Labels Party. The Secretary of State’s website has not yet posted any data later than July 1, 2023, but the October 1 figure will be posted soon. Apparently the reporters for this story got the data from individual counties.
As of July 1, No Labels had 8,505 registrants. At that July tally, the Libertarian Party was still larger than No Labels, with 33,738 members.
If No Labels reaches approximately 29,000 registrants by next year, it will be ballot-qualified for 2026 as well as for 2024, even if it doesn’t run any presidential nominee in 2024. In Arizona, a party that has two-thirds of 1% registration remains on the ballot. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the link.
Law professor Lawrence Lessig here writes that the 14th amendment, section 3, does not apply to former President Donald Trump. He argues that “insurrection” is different from protest, even illegal protest.
He could have also argued that section 3 cannot be used to prevent any voter from voting for anyone the voter wishes to vote for; that instead it only relates to who can be sworn into the office. But he did not make that argument.
He advocates that Congress exercise the power given to it in section 3, to declare by a two-thirds vote that Donald Trump is not barred from the presidency. Thanks to HowAppealing for the link.
On September 20, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S438. It says that if a presidential elector votes for someone for president or vice-president whom his or her party did not nominate, that elector is deemed to have resigned. The other electors then choose a new elector. Here is the text.
On September 20, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed A7690. It moves the New York presidential primaries to April 2. The bill has no effect on the primaries for other office, which are in June.
