On August 18, a new lawsuit was filed against the 2021 New York law that won’t let primary voters cast a write-in vote for someone who is not a member of that party. Frentzel v Mohr, w.d., 1:23cv-854.

A somewhat similar lawsuit had been filed earlier in state court, Kowal v Mohr. Although the trial state court struck down the law, the appellate state court reversed and upheld the law. Thanks to Joe Burns for this news. Here is the federal Complaint, which is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge John L. Sinatra.

On Saturday afternoon, September 2, a state court in Florida issued an opinion striking down the state’s U.S. House districting plan. The basis is the Florida Constitution, which says in Article III, section 20, “No plan shall be drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbant; and districts shall not be drawn with the intent or result of denying or abridging the equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to participate in the political process…”.

Here is the decision in Black Voters Matter v Byrd, Leon County, 2022-CA-666. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.

On August 25, five Oregon State Senators filed a lawsuit in the State Court of Appeals over the Secretary’s recent directive that bars those Senators from running for re-election in 2024. The basis for the Secretary of State’s directive is the new constitutional amendment that does not permit legislators with more than ten unexcused absences to run. The Senators argue that the Secretary is misreading the constitution, and that the exclusion should not be in effect until 2026. Knopp v Griffin-Valade. Here is the filing.

The Senators’ filing also says they expect to file another lawsuit soon that argues the new Oregon constitutional amendment violates the U.S. Constitution. Thanks to Democracy Docket for the link.