On July 1, U.S. District Court Judge Allen Winsor enjoined the new Florida law that bars anyone from contributing more than $3,000 to a committee that is trying to get a statewide initiative on the ballot. ACLU v Lee, n.d., … Continue reading
On June 29, Elizabeth Martinez and Maggie Phair, both former candidates in the Peace & Freedom Party, died. Martinez was 95 and Phair was 92. See this New York Times obituary for Elizabeth Martinez, and this page from the Maggie … Continue reading
On June 29, California held a special election to fill the vacancy in the 18th Assembly district, which is in Alameda County. Six Democrats, one Republican, and one Socialist Workers Party candidate were on the ballot. Here are the results. … Continue reading
On June 29, the Idaho Supreme Court heard two cases that challenge the 2021 law that requires initiatives to submit the signatures of 6% of the voters in all 35 of the state’s legislative districts. The two cases are Gilmore … Continue reading
On June 23, the Fifth Circuit voted to rehear Harness v Hosemann, 19-60632. This case was filed in 2019 against the Mississippi law that disenfranchises ex-felons. The U.S. District Court had upheld the law, and on February 23, 2021, the … Continue reading
