Karen Bowen is running for re-election in November 2023, hoping to retain her job as the Harrisburg, New York Town Clerk and Tax Collector. Her petition filled out her office as “Town Clerk”, but it was invalidated because the full name of the job is “Town Clerk and Tax Collector.” Therefore she must run as a write-in candidate. See this story. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.
On August 4, the Fifth Circuit struck down Mississippi’s ban on ex-felon voter registration. The basis is the Eighth Amendment, which says, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
Here is the decision in Hopkins v Hosemann, 19-60662. The vote was 2-1.
On August 4, the state of New Jersey filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Mazo v Way, 22-1033. this is the case that challenges the New Jersey law that restricts the content of ballot labels, for candidates running in primaries.
No Labels is now the fourth recognized party in South Dakota, along with the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties. Here is the story.
The campaign of Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, who is a candidate in the Democratic Party Primary for US House, 1st District, Rhode Island, on Tue, Sept 5:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Rhode_Island%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election
has been accused of gathering fraudulent signatures. Here is a story on this matter. Ms. Matos has blamed an outside signature “vendor” for submitting bad signatures and has said that she will not withdraw from the race.
I am not sure why a major party candidate would need a signature vendor, as the signature requirement for US House elections in Rhode Island is 500 signatures within a district.
