Ballot Access News July 2021 – Volume 37, Number 2 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents CONGRESSMAN DONALD BEYER INTRODUCES PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION BILL MAINE MAKES IT EASIER FOR A PARTY TO REMAIN QUALIFIED ILLINOIS EASES PETITION … Continue reading
On July 28, the Sixth Circuit ruled that the lawsuit Thompson v DeWine, 21-3514, is moot. This is the case over whether Ohio should have granted ballot access relief to initiatives due to the covid-19 crisis. The opinion says, “The … Continue reading
On July 26, the Lansing, Michigan, city council removed the ballot measure asking if voters want to use ranked choice voting. Earlier the council had put that idea on the ballot. The city council reversed itself after the state sent … Continue reading
Anyone can hear the oral argument of July 27 in We the People PAC v Bellows, 21-1149, at this link. It lasts 46 minutes. This is the case over Maine’s ban on out-of-state circulators for initiative petitions, and a second … Continue reading
On July 22, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal, an Obama appointee, struck down Wyoming’s 300-foot “no politics” zone around polling places on election day. Frank v Buchanan, 2:20cv-138. Here is the 16-page order. One of the plaintiffs wanted … Continue reading
