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.

Pennsylvania held two special elections for State House on May 16.

In the 108th district, the percentages were: Republican 70.7%; Democratic 25.7%; Libertarian 3.7%. When this district had last held an election, in November 2022, there had been only a Republican on the ballot.

In the 163rd district, the percentages were: Democratic 59.5%; Republican 38.8%; Libertarian 1.3%. When this districdt had last held an election, in November 2022, the percentages had been: Democratic 64.3%; Republican 34.2%; Libertarian 1.6%.

On May 25, the U.S. Senate confirmed Nancy Abudu to be a judge on the Eleventh Circuit, which covers Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. She has a long history of legal advocacy for voting rights, especially in Florida while she was with the ACLU. She has been especially active in fighting for voting rights for ex-felons, but she has been involved with ballot access also. At one point she was prepared to represent minor parties against the 2011 Florida law that requires some ballot-qualified parties to submit a very difficult petition if they want to run for president, but then she changed employers and she couldn’t proceed with that case.