On July 16, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Florida ex-felon voter registration case. Rick Hasen explains this news here. The vote was 6-3. Justices Sonya Sotomayor dissented and her dissent is also signed by Justices Ruth … Continue reading
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On July 13, U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker denied the Maine Libertarian Party’s request for rehearing, in its lawsuit over the definition of a qualified party. But he did write that the existing law has severe constitutional problems. Here … Continue reading
On July 13, the Florida Secretary of State filed this brief in Independent Party of Florida v Lee, 20-12107. This is the case over the Florida law that a ballot-qualified party can’t be on for president unless (1) it is … Continue reading
On July 15, the Maine Secretary of State said the Republican referendum petition to stop ranked-choice voting for president failed to obtain enough signatures. See this story. The Secretary of State says the petition needed another 1,600 valid signatures. Assuming … Continue reading
On July 17, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Halpern will hear Eisen v Cuomo, s.d., 7:20cv-5121. This is a challenge to the New York executive order of June 30 that sets the number of signatures for an independent U.S. House … Continue reading