This newspaper story says the Illinois legislature will work on re-doing the legislative districting on August 31. The legislature already redrew the districts earlier this year, before the census data was released. The legislature used census estimates, but then lawsuits … Continue reading
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On August 20, the Sixth Circuit asked Ohio to respond to the pending petition for rehearing en banc in Thompson v DeWine, 21-3514. This is the case over whether petitioning relief should have been granted to initiative proponents during 2020, … Continue reading
On August 23, U.S. District Court Judge Leigh May issued an order in the Georgia Libertarian Party ballot access case, Cowen v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-4660. She suggested an interim requirement for district office (for independent candidates and minor parties) of … Continue reading
On August 20, U.S. District Court Judge J. P. Boulee, a Trump appointee, enjoined one part of SB 202, the bill passed earlier this year that voting rights advocates fiercely opposed. But the judge declined to enjoin four other provisions … Continue reading
The L.A. Progressive has this op-ed, advocating that California voters vote for Dan Kapelovitz for Governor on the second half of the recall ballot. Kapelovitz co-authored this op-ed, along with Mike Feinstein. Kapelovitz is one of the two Greens on … Continue reading