On June 17, the Florida Supreme Court voted 4-2 to strike down a 2007 law that lets voters remove their signatures on initiative petitions. UPDATE: Here is the court’s order. As a result, it is almost certain that the “Florida … Continue reading
On June 17, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, a Republican, sued the Arizona legislature, which has Republican majorities in both houses. See this story, or this one. The legislature has passed budget bills, but the legislature hasn’t forwarded those bills to … Continue reading
On June 15, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization heard much testimony about the political status of Puerto Rico, and then passed a consensus resolution calling on the United States to expedite some means for Puerto Rico to determine … Continue reading
The New Mexico Independent has this story about the ballot access lawsuit filed last month by the Libertarian and Green Parties against many New Mexico discriminatory election laws. The New Mexico Independent was founded in 2008 and is a daily … Continue reading
On June 16, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. He said, “I pledge that the Justice Department will continue working to enforce our nation’s voting rights laws. And we … Continue reading
