On August 15, three federal judges held oral argument in Singleton v Allen, n.d., 2:21cv-1291. According to this news story, the argument seemed to suggest that the judges will invalidate the new U.S. House redistricting plan passed last month.
Post-argument briefs from both sides are due August 21.
Law Professor Derek Muller has this interesting essay on ElectionLawBlog, making the case that states have the power to adjudicate presidential candidate qualifications and keep them off the ballot if the state feels they don’t meet the constitutional qualifications. However, he warns that state election officials only have the power to exclude if the state election law authorizes them to make such a decision.
The essay mentions ineligible presidential and vice-presidential candidates in U.S. history, most of them minor party nominees who were under age 35.
This subject is timely because of the discussion about former President Donald Trump and the insurrection language in the 14th amendment.
In June 2023, the Libertarian Party of Colorado announced an agreement with the Republican Party of Colorado that it would not run candidates in competitive elections in that state against certain Republican Party candidates. This agreement created some controversy within the National Libertarian Party.
On August 14, 2023, the Libertarian Party of Colorado released two lists (one for Federal candidates and one for State candidates) of policy position requirements to effect that agreement.
Here is a story that lists some of the demands of the LPCO. I have not located the entirety of either list but plan to have another post on this topic after I do.
Nevada state law says major parties will hold presidential primaries on February 6, 2024. The Nevada Republican Party would rather use a caucus to select delegates, and has been in state court trying to stop the state from holding a Republican presidential primary. So far the party has not prevailed.
However, the party has another method to stop the Republican presidential primary. The law says no primary will be held unless there are at least two candidates from that party. The party intends to hold a caucus on the evening of Thursday, February 8. It has promulgated a rule saying any candidate who files for the presidential primary is ineligible to participate in the caucus. Because it is the caucus that actually assigns delegates, it is somewhat plausible that no Republican will file for the primary, and therefore the primary will be cancelled. See this story.
This story says the Connecticut legislature will come into session in late September to consider a bill (likely to pass) that would move the presidential primary from late April to early April.
