On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Cowen v Raffensperger, 22-101, the case that challenged the Georgia ballot access law for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House.

The case now returns to the U.S. District Court, over the issue of whether the law was enacted with a discriminatory purpose back in 1943, when it was passed. That part of the case didn’t get adjudicated. The evidence in the case, so far, shows that the legislature added the petition requirement in order to make sure the Communist Party did not get back on the ballot.

The Detroit Free Press has this story about the Working Class Party and the campaign one of its nominees is waging.

On September 30, the U.S. House passed HR 6833, the bill to fund the federal government. Only ten Republicans, out of 212 Republican members, voted for the bill. Most people would probably agree the bill gives an illustration of partisanship in our current Congress.

There are fourteen Republican members from the top-two states, eleven from California and three from Washington. None of the 14 voted for HB 6833. Here is the list of Republicans who voted for and against the bill. The “yes” votes from Republicans included two members from New York, and one each from Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.