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On August 10, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he will resign soon. It is not clear if his resignation will encourage the New York legislature to repeal any part of his 2020 legislation to make ballot access far more … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On August 9, eleven Democratic State Senators introduced a bill to repeal the Texas “primary screenout” law. That law prohibits voters from signing a petition for a new party or an independent candidate, if the voter had voted in a … Continue reading
Mayor Byron Brown, of Buffalo, New York, is actively raising money for his re-election, even though he lost the June 2021 Democratic primary. He is running in November as a write-in candidate. See this story. The winner of the Democratic … Continue reading
Florida’s Attorney General has announced that the state will not appeal the U.S. District Court decision in ACLU of Florida v Lee, n.d., 4:21cv-190. That decision enjoined the new law that made it illegal for anyone to contribute more than … Continue reading
All the full-time judges of the Fifth Circuit will hear Harness v Hosemann, 19-60632, on September 22, 2021. This is the case challenging Mississippi’s ban on ex-felon voting. The original panel had upheld the law, but then the entire set … Continue reading