On September 14, the Michigan Supreme Court refused any relief to candidates for Highland Park city council who were left off the ballot because they didn’t check a box on paperwork. The blank question asked if the candidate is running as a party member or as an independent candidate. Many candidates didn’t check the box because they assumed it only applies to partisan elections. Elections for city office in Highland Park are nonpartisan.

Here is the order in Davis v Highland Park City Clerk, 164564. The City Clerk had tried to intervene on behalf of the candidates. The vote was 5-2. As a result of the decision, there are fewer candidates on the ballot than there are vacancies to be filled by the election.

On September 16, the Democratic, Libertarian, and Constitution Party nominees for U.S. Senate in Missouri debated each other. The Republican nominee did not participate, although he was invited. See this story.

On September 16, Georgia filed this brief in Graham v Carr, n.d., 1:22cv-3613. This is the Libertarian Party case that challenges the law that lets individuals give unlimited amounts of campaign contributions to Democratic and Republican nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, but caps donations from individuals to the nominees of other parties.