On November 1, the New York Times ran this lengthy story about California general elections between two Democrats. Almost at the very end, it refers to the top-two system and says “Some political observers say that some adjustment is necessary.” There are no additional details, but this suggests that some leading Democratic Party figures are unhappy with the top-two system.
On November 2, the New York Libertarian and Green Parties filed this request for reconsideration in the ballot access case.
On November 1, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi, a Trump appointee, issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v Clean Elections, 2:22cv-1823. This is the case involving behavior near Arizona drop boxes for absentee ballots. The TRO requires individuals who have been harrassing voters to modify their behavior, and requires the Clean Elections website to post a statement that it is not necessarily illegal for an individual to deposit more than a single voted ballot into a drop box. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.
On October 28, David Gill filed this reply brief in Gill v Scholz, 22-1653, the case over the Illinois 5% petition for U.S. House candidates running outside the major parties.
On November 1, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a two-page order in Ball v Chapman, 102 MM 2022. The court unanimously ruled that postal ballots in which the voter forgot to put the date on the outer envelope are void. They find that state law requires the date, even though all completed postal ballots are date-stamped by election officials when they are received by the elections office.
