On July 29, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v McCrory, 16-1468. Judges James A. Wynn and Henry Floyd, Obama appointees, enjoined voting restrictions passed in 2013 that reduced early voting, limited … Continue reading
On July 28, Kent Bernbeck, a well-known promoter of various Nebraska initiatives, asked the Eighth Circuit to rehear Bernbeck v Gale, 15-1983, which challenged the county distribution requirement for statewide initiatives. The U.S. District Court had invalidated the county distribution … Continue reading
On July 28, independent presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente formally asked the Georgia Secretary of State to waive the July 1 deadline for an independent presidential candidate to file his or her slate of presidential elector candidates. Georgia’s petition … Continue reading
John Seiler, former editorial page editor of the Orange County (California) Register, has this commentary about California’s top-two system in connection with this year’s U.S. Senate race. Thanks to Bob Richards for the link. … Continue reading
On July 27, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin spoke to the Massachusetts delegation at the Democratic national convention. According to this story, he said that voters who vote for parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties are “wasting” … Continue reading
