On October 12, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the order of a U.S. District Court in Rose v Raffensperger, 22-12593. This is the case over whether Georgia’s Public Service Commissioners should be elected statewide, or in districts. The Eleventh Circuit order, restoring statewide elections for 2022, was 2-1. Judges Adalberto Jordan, an Obama appointee, and Robert J. Luck, a Trump appointee, were in the majority. They said little about the merits, but that the U.S. District Court Judge should not have changed the elections to district elections so close to the election. Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum, an Obama appointee, dissented. Here is the order, in which the dissent is much longer than the majority portion.

On August 11, the Fourth Circuit issued a one-page unsigned order, refusing the Democratic Party’s request for a stay in the North Carolina Green Party ballot access case.

UPDATE: here is a news story.

On August 8, some Texas Republican nominees for public office in November 2022 filed a lawsuit with the State Supreme Court, seeking to remove their Libertarian Party opponents from the general election ballot. In re Self, 22-0658. The only statewide candidate who is included in the group of plaintiffs is Dan Patrick, the Lieutenant Governor who is running for re-election.

The issue is the filing fee. See this news story.