On January 19, a 3-judge U.S. District Court issued a 92-page opinion in Covington v State, m.d., 1:15cv-399. It orders the state to use districts drawn up by the court’s expert, for state legislature. The invalidated districts had already been … Continue reading
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission has the power to put proposed constitutional changes on the November 2018 ballot. According to this story, the part of the Commission that studies election law changes is recommending one change in Florida’s closed primary. … Continue reading
On January 19, a Texas lower state court put incumbent Judge Teresa Hawthorne back on the Democratic primary ballot. The party had removed her because she didn’t fill in all the blanks on her declaration of candidacy. And in the … Continue reading
The Third Circuit hears Wilmuth v Guadagno, 17-1925, on Tuesday, January 23. The issue is New Jersey’s ban on out-of-state circulators for primary election petitions. The lower court had upheld the ban, on the theory that the Democratic and Republican … Continue reading
On January 18, the 7th circuit issued a 12-page opinion in Segovia v U.S., 16-4240. The plaintiffs are U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam. They cannot vote absentee in Illinois elections, even though … Continue reading
