The venerable blog Scotusblog (meaning “Supreme Court of the U.S. blog) has chosen Mazo v Way, 22-1033, as a cert petition with a fair chance of being granted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Mazo v Way challenges the New Jersey law that allows a primary candidate to choose a ballot label, up to six words, but which restricts which words the candidate may choose.

The lower federal courts had upheld the law. The plaintiff-candidates have hired Paul Clement to be their attorney in the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a former Solicitor General of the United States. Here is his wikipedia page. Here is the cert petition.

The Constitution Party of Alaska has had its presidential petition as a Limited Political Party approved by the Alaska Division of Elections. The required number of valid signatures of Alaska registered voters was 3,614, so that party’s 2024 presidential ticket will appear on the ballot in Alaska.

Last year the city council of Washington, D.C., passed an ordinance letting adult permanent residents who are non-citizens vote for local office. In March 2023 some D.C. voters challenged the constitutionality of that law. On May 4 the case was transferred to federal court. Hall v D.C. Board of Elections, 1:23cv-1261. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee.

The plaintiffs argue that allowing non-citizens to vote dilutes the voting power of citizens.