Three more amicus curiae briefs have been filed in Mazo v Way, 22-1033, the case over New Jersey’s ballot labels for primary candidates. All three are on the side of the candidates, who are fighting to strike down the law that restricts the words they can use.
Here is the brief of the Good Government Coalition of New Jersey and RepresentUS.
Here is the brief of Law Professor Derek Muller, an expert on election law.
Here is the brief of the Liberty Justice Center and the Manhattan Institute.
On May 25, the California Assembly passed AB 292. It makes it easier for an independent voter to obtain a presidential primary ballot for parties that permit independent voters to vote in that party’s presidential primary. The sample ballot that is mailed to every voter will alert independent voters that particular parties permit independents to vote in that party’s presidential primary ballot. It will let the voter telephone, e-mail, or text the county elections office, letting the office know that the independent voter wants to receive a particular presidential primary ballot in the mail.
In California, every voter receives a mail ballot automatically, but under existing law, independents only get a non-partisan ballot unless they act. The bill makes it easier for the independent voter to get the desired ballot.
The original version of AB 292 provided for a write-in space for president, to be printed on every non-partisan ballot, but that has been deleted from the bill.
On May 25, the New Jersey Secretary of State told the U.S. Supreme Court that she does not intend to respond to the cert petition filed in Mazo v Way, 22-1033. Of course if the Court asks for a response later, she will respond.
Two more amici on the side of the candidates who brought the lawsuit were filed on May 25. Here is the brief of Michael D. Byrne, a New Jersey Republican official.
Here is the brief of four New Jersey law professors, also on the side of the candidates.
On May 25, the Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression (FIRE) filed this amicus in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Mazo v Way, 22-1033. This is the case over the New Jersey law that permits ballot slogans for primary candidates, but limits the content of the slogans.
On May 24, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 7050, an omnibus election law bill. Among other things, it repeals the “resign-to-run” law as applied to presidential candidates. “Resign-to-Run” laws exist in just a few states, and they require an elected office-holder to resign in the middle of his or her term, if he or she has run for another office and fails to be elected to the new office.
Without SB 7050, Governor DeSantis would be forced to resign as Governor on January 20, 2025, whether he had been elected to the presidency or not.
