On October 20, the New Jersey secretary of State filed this brief in Bellocchio v Way, Mercer Co. Superior Court Mer-L-001762-23. This is the lawsuit filed to keep former President Donald Trump off the New Jersey Republican presidential primary. The Secretary argues that the case is not ripe, because petitions are not due until April 1, 2024. No primary petitions have been filed yet for Donald Trump.
There are many pending court cases seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off various Republican presidential primaries. States in which the original case still doesn’t have an opinion are Arizona, Connecticut, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Woming.
States in which Trump won, but an appeal is pending, are Colorado, Florida, and Michigan.
States in which Trump won, and no appeal was filed, are California, Minnesota, and New Hampshire.
On November 22, the Oregon government filed this brief in Linthicum v Wagner, 6:23cv-1624. This is the lawsuit over the Oregon law that won’t let legislators file for re-election if they have too many unexcused absences.
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November 2023 – Volume 39, Number 6
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On November 10, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg ordered a trial in Curling v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-2989. The trial will begin January 9, 2024. This is the lawsuit filed in 2017 to force Georgia to use vote-counting machines that are more reliable than the machines currently in use.
This lawsuit is almost certainly the oldest pending election law case in the nation. Georgia has revised its machines since the lawsuit was filed, but there are still perceived problems. Here is the court order, 135 pages, which summarizes the case. One of the original plaintiffs is Ricardo Davis, a long-time activist with the Constitution Party.
