On November 2, the federal government asked the U.S. Supreme Court to order California to sequester approximately 20,000 ballots. U.S.A. v State of California, 26A624. Here is the filing.
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On November 2, the New Hampshire Secretary of State asked a U.S. District Court to dismiss Aaron Day’s ballot access lawsuit. The issue had been whether states can require congressional candidates to be registered voters. Day had won injunctive relief on August 31, but the issue of declaratory relief has not been settled. The Secretary of State now wants the case dismissed before any decision on constitutionality can be made. See his filing here.
If the Court were to grant the request, that would prevent the case from creating a useful precedent.
The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives has released q list of candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House who are on the ballot. See it here.
The Clerk says the information is from official sources. Yet the Clerk’s book sometimes slightly deviates from official state sources on the matter of ballot labels. For example, in California’s Sixth District, Kevin Kiley is listed in the book as “independent”, whereas the ballot lists him as “Party preference: none.” Also, the book lists Dan J. Sullivan of Alaska as “Republican”, yet he is on the ballot with no party label. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the news about the book.
Some South Carolina Republicans who are unhappy with Senate nominee Darline Graham have a website asking voters to write in Ralph Norman, an incumbent U.S. House member who lost the 2026 Republican Senate primary. See it here.
Here is a news story about the website.
On Sunday, November 1, the federal government appealed the Alaska election law case (involving two Dan Sullivans on the ballot for U.S. Senate) to the Ninth Circuit. U.S.A. v State of Alaska, 26-7304.