On February 6, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed SB 1425, which moves the non-presidential primary from early August to mid-July. That automatically moves the petition deadline for a new party two weeks earlier, to mid-November of the year before the … Continue reading
On February 3, the Mississippi Senate Elections Committee passed SC 518. It would bring back the statewide initiative. … Continue reading
On January 30, the state of Missouri filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce. The lawsuit seeks to obtain an order that when the number of U.S. House seats for each state is determined after the 2030 … Continue reading
Last year, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sued Illinois over some ballot access restrictions, while he was still an independent presidential candidate. His lawsuit, which challenges restrictions on who can circulate petitions, is still alive. The state has argued that it … Continue reading
On February 5, two Florida voters filed a lawsuit in the State Supreme Court asking the court to force Governor Ron DeSantis to explain by what authority he proclaimed that “2026 is a year in which the legislature will apportion … Continue reading
