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.
On September 19, the faction of the Michigan Libertarian Party that is not recognized by the national committee of the Libertarian Party asked the U.S. District Court that is hearing the trademark case to stay last month’s order prohibiting them from calling themselves the Libertarian Party of Michigan.
On the same day they filed a notice of Appeal to the Sixth Circuit.
On September 19, the six Alabama Republican members of the U.S. House filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the redistricting case. They, of course, want the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against the 3-judge U.S. District Court that ordered new districts.
Their brief claims that the 3-judge U.S. District Court plan amounts to a “partisan gerrymander”. That is somewhat funny. In 2022, the Republicans won 86% of the Alabama seats, even though they only got 70% of the popular vote cast for U.S. House in Alabama. If the U.S. District Court plan had been in effect, they probably would have won 71% of the seats (five out of seven), which would be almost exactly in proportion to their popular vote.
On September 19, the plaintiffs in the Alabama U.S. House redistricting lawsuit filed their brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief scolds the state for re-making the same arguments they already made earlier in this same case when it was before the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the brief here.
