On July 22, the city of New York filed notice of appeal in Fosella v Adams. This is the case over the 2021 New York city law that lets permanent residents of New York city who are not citizens vote in elections for city office. The trial court had found the law contradicts the state Constitution.
This is old news, but hadn’t previously been reported. The Libertarian Party has chosen Washington, D.C. for its 2024 presidential convention. The Libertarian Party also held its 1996 presidential convention in Washington, D.C. It is believed that no other nationally-organized political party in U.S. history has ever held its presidential convention in Washington, D.C., except that the Socialist Workers Party held its 1980 convention there.
On July 21, the Michigan State Court of Appeals rejected the lawsuit that had been filed to disqualify Ryan Kelley as a Republican gubernatorial candidate. The court said the case was filed too late. The primary is August 2. The court said it is expressing no opinion about the merits. Kelley had been arrested in the national Capitol on January 6, 2021. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news. Estes v Secretary of State, 362168.
On July 22, the North Carolina Green Party filed this brief in support of its ballot access case. North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:22cv-276.
On July 21, the Secretary of State of Maine asked for a rehearing en banc in the First Circuit in We the People PAC v Bellows, 21-1149. This is the case over Maine’s ban on out-of-state petitioners for initiatives. The First Circuit had ruled against the law on February 7.
