On January 28, Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the order of lower courts, that required the state to create a second African-American majority U.S. House district. Here is the state’s application. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the … Continue reading
The Calhoun Times has this lengthy article about the Georgia U.S. House race, 14th district. This is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district. The main focus in the article is that Greene could conceivably be defeated in the Republican primary, according to … Continue reading
On January 27, all three judges in the Alabama U.S. House redistricting case forcefully rejected a request from the state for a stay. The three judges wrote 34 pages, and rebut the state’s argument that the plaintiffs had conceded that … Continue reading
On January 28, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed HB 605. The bill moves the date of the 2022 primaries from May 17 to June 7. The Governor’s veto message says redistricting is now in the hands of … Continue reading
Two Mississippi representatives have introduced HC 39, a proposed constitutional amendment to bring back the statewide initiative. Here is the text. The old constitutional provision for an initiative had been invalidated last year by the State Supreme Court because it … Continue reading
