On August 4, the Eleventh Circuit stayed an order of a U.S. District Court that would have required Miami to use a different redistricting plan for City Commission. The U.S. District Court had determined that the city’s redistricting plan is a racial gerrymander, but then the Eleventh circuit said the U.S. District Court should not have ruled so close to the upcoming election.

On August 6, the plaintiffs in the case had asked Justice Clarence Thomas to countermand the Eleventh Circuit.

On August 10, Justice Thomas asked the city to respond no later than August 14. The case in the U.S. Supreme Court is Grace v City of Miami, 23A116. Here is the brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by the plaintiffs.

Justice Thomas is handling this because he is the U.S. Supreme Court Justice who handles emergency requests from the Eleventh Circuit, when the U.S. Supreme Court is not in session.

The Libertarian National Committee will be meeting on Sat-Sun, August 19-20, 2023 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. That hotel is the site of the 2024 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominating Convention on Memorial Day weekend 2024. The LNC will be hosting a Ballot Access Symposium that Saturday from 7-9PM. Here is a press release on the event.

The Arizona Secretary of State recently posted registration data as of July 2023. The percentages: Republican 34.42%; Democratic 30.02%; Libertarian .80%; No Labels .20%; independent and other (including Green) 34.55%.

In October 2022 the percentages were: Republican 34.67%; Democratic 30.66%; Libertarian .78%; independent and other 33.89%.

Here are the figures. The No Labels total for July 2023 is 8,505. By contrast, at the April 2023 tally, No Labels only had 17 members. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the news about the new tally.