On April 16, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young, a Clinton appointee, enjoined a 2025 Indiana law that says ID cards issued by public universities do not count as photo ID. Count Us in v Morales, s.d., 1:25cv-864. The ruling says the law violates Equal Protection. The decision notes that public university and college ID’s were accepted for twenty years, until 2025. Also the ruling notes that schools have traditionally worked with the state to insure that their ID’s meet state standards.

The state has already appealed to the Seventh Circuit, where it is case 26-1783. The appeal will move fast because the Indiana primary is May 4.

On April 15, a state trial court in New Mexico removed Rebecca Dow from the New Mexico Republican primary ballot. See this story. She is trying to be re-elected to the State House, 38th district. She filed pictures of her petition instead of the petition itself. She is appealing to the State Supreme Court. The primary is June 2.

The State Supreme Court hearing is Tuesday, April 21. Jaramillo v Whitehead, S-1-SC-41374.

According to this story, the New Mexico Libertarian Party will try to qualify three statewide nominees for the November ballot this year. The party has nominees for U.S. Senate, Auditor, and Justice of the Appellate Court. The party is a qualified minor party, but in New Mexico, even when a party is a qualified minor party, it needs a petition of 2% of the last gubernatorial vote in order to nominate anyone except president. The petition deadline is in late June.