On May 26, proponents of Maine initiatives filed this brief in the First Circuit in We the People PAC v Bellows, 21-1149. This is the case over Maine’s ban on out-of-state circulators for initiatives. The U.S. District Court had invalidated … Continue reading
On May 27, the Arkansas Libertarian Party filed this brief in its ballot access case against the 3% petition passed in 2019. Although both the U.S. District Court and the Eighth Circuit enjoined the law, the issue of declaratory relief … Continue reading
Texas HB 3868, which would have replaced presidential electors on the spot if they didn’t vote for the candidate they were expected to vote for, will not pass the 2021 session. Even though it passed the House and the Senate … Continue reading
On May 27, some proponents of an Arkansas initiative filed a federal lawsuit against the new Arkansas restrictions on initiative petitions. Liberty Initiative Fund v Thurson, e.d., 4:21cv-460. Here is the Complaint. It challenges the ban on out-of-state circulators, the … Continue reading
On May 27, the Sixth Circuit upheld the rules for membership on Michigan’s nonpartisan redistricting commission. Daunt v Benson, 20-1734. Here is the opinion. The three judges were Karen Nelson Moore and Ronald Gilman (Clinton appointees) and Chad Readler (a … Continue reading
