On April 1, U.S. District Court Judge Maxine Chesney issued a one-page document in Peace & Freedom Party v Weber, 3:24cv-8308, n.d. It says she expects to rule on the government’s motion to dismiss the case sometime during April.
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On March 31, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer issued an opinion in Colorado Republican Party v Griswold, 1:23cv-1948. Existing law says that parties must let independents vote in their primaries. It also says that if a party which otherwise is entitled to a primary doesn’t want a primary, it is free to nominate by party meeeting. But, existing law says the party can’t switch to nomination by meeting unless three-fourths of the delegates to the state party convention agree.
The decision says the three-fourths provision violates Freedom of Association. Assuming the decision is not overturned on appeal, this probably means that parties can decide what type of nomination process to use by majority vote.
According to this story, on March 31 the Tennessee Senate State & Local Goverenment Committee passed SB 777. It coverts Tennessee primaries from open to closed. The legislature’s website does not have the text of the bill yet.
On April 1, some Florida voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit against the new law that requires voter registration applicants to furnish documentary oroof of citizenship. Unidosus v Byrd, s.d., 1:26cv-22257. Here is the Complaint. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Jacqueline Becerra, a Biden appointee.
On March 31, the New York Public Financing Campaign Board disqualified Bruce Blakeman’s application for public funding. He is the likely Republican nominee for Governor. Blakeman’s application didn’t list his Lieutenant Governor running mate. See this story.