On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Moore v Harper, 21-1271, a North Carolina election law case. The North Carolina Supreme Court had invalidated the legislature’s redistricting plan earlier this year, ruling that the State Constitution forbids partisan gerrymandering and ordering new U.S. House district boundaries. The Republicans in the legislature hope to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court that Article One of the U.S. Constitution forbids state courts from evaluating election laws that affect congressional elections. Article One says, “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations.”

The U.S. Supreme Court already ruled in an Arizona case that “legislature” means all elements of state government that exercise legislative power. But North Carolina legislative leaders hope to reverse that decision and get a ruling that would leave state courts, and independent rediswtricting commissions, out of the process.

Ballotpedia has released a feature that enables anyone to search for election law bills in state legislature. The feature lets users search by state, or by topic. It shows the status of each bill, and Ballotpedia says this will be updated daily. Go to https://legislation.ballotpedia.org.

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a similar feature. See it at this link.

On Wednesday, June 29, a Florida state trial court restored James Judge to the Republican primary ballot. He is running for U.S. House. He had been removed from the ballot by the Secretary of State because he filed the wrong form, relating to his oath to defend the constitution. The federal form and the state form were very similar. See this story.