On Friday, December 21, the First Circuit denied a request by outgoing Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin to block the Secretary of State from certifying the election returns in the U.S. House, 2nd district, race. Baber v Dunlap, 18-2250. This does … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On December 21, the plaintiffs in Tedards v Ducey filed this Amended Complaint. The original Complaint charged that Arizona must permit a special U.S. Senate election to fill John McCain’s seat that is held earlier than November 2020 (McCain died … Continue reading
The Ohio legislature has adjourned, without passing HJR 19. It would have made it more difficult for statewide initiatives to pass. Currently a statewide initiative petition may take as long as is needed, but the bill would have required such … Continue reading
On December 21, the Michigan legislature passed HB 6595. It makes it more difficult to qualify statewide initiatives. No more than 15% of the submitted signatures could come from any one particular U.S. House district. Also, each petition sheet must … Continue reading
On December 20, a Case Management Report was filed with the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, Florida, in Jacobson v Detzner, n.d., 4:18cv-262. This is the case filed earlier this year by the national Democratic Party against the Florida law … Continue reading