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On January 18, Alaska State Senator Bill Wielechowski introduced SB 161. It eases the definition of a qualified party from a group with registration of 3% of the last vote cast, to exactly 5,000 registrants. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Brennan Center has issued this report, listing each state’s redistricting lawsuits. … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in each house of the Missouri legislature to change primaries from open to closed. The bills are SB 907 by Senator Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) and HB 1450 by Representative Dan Stacy (R-Blue Springs). The bills are … Continue reading
On January 21, a federal lawsuit was filed against the new Florida ban on paying initiative circulators on a per-signature basis. Florida Right to Pray Together v Lee, n.d., 4:22cv-33. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Robert … Continue reading
Last year the Ninth Circuit struck down Montana’s unequal distribution requirement for petitions to create a new party. Montana Green Party v Jacobson. That decision is now reported, at 17 F.4th 919 (2021). The fact that the decision is now … Continue reading