July 22, 2024 11:03pm

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/party-pushing-cornel-west-president-sues-north-carolina-elections-board

Litigation was filed Monday by the Justice for All Party, supporter of Cornel West for president, against the North Carolina State Board of Elections by three Fayetteville residents.

The lawsuit of plaintiffs Johnny Thomas Ortiz II, Jimmie Gregory Rogers Jr. and Weldon Murphy says the state board had “no legal authority” for its action, and that the party met the 13,865-signature requirement of state law. Defendants are the state board as an entity, and each of its members and Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell in their respective official capacity.

Specifically mentioned within the lawsuit are Democratic Party operatives’ interference with Justice for All’s petition drive, and Clear Choice Action represented by the Elias Law Group. Marc Elias, the 2021 founder, has long been a leading counsel for Democrats on campaign finance, voting rights, redistricting and general election litigation.

The case was filed in the Western Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The trio wants to vote for West and asks for an order “directing the NCSBE to certify JFA and place its nominee on North Carolina’s 2024 general election ballot.” ..

July 22, 2024 11:03pm

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/wisconsin-lawmakers-strike-down-three-emergency-election-rules

The fight over who writes the rules for elections in Wisconsin continues.

The Legislature’s rule making body, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, on Monday voted to suspend three proposed emergency rules from the Wisconsin Elections Commission that dealt with uniform rules for absentee voting, challenges to candidates and challenges to nominating paperwork.

Attorney Sklyar Croy, with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, told lawmakers none of the solutions that WEC is looking to make permanent are true emergencies.

“The Commission issued scope statements in September 2023. It then took until late spring 2024 for Gov. Tony Evers to approve the emergency rules. The commission waited until six months before the beginning of the 2024 election cycle to begin emergency rulemaking, and then took several months thereafter to finish,” Croy said. “This committee should not allow an administrative agency to just mouth the word emergency as a means of avoiding permanent rulemaking procedures.”

Croy said allowing WEC to use the emergency rule process for these three rules would allow the Elections Commission to side-step the lengthy review that comes with permanent rulemaking. ..