Normally, Pennsylvania candidates seeking a spot on a primary ballot must petition inside a 3-week window. This year, the State Elections office wants to cut that period to just two weeks. Yet the office doesn’t recommend that the number of … Continue reading
On February 14, Texas filed a notice of appeal in Longoria v Paxton. This is the lawsuit in which a U.S. District Court had enjoined the law that makes it a crime for an election official to suggest to a … Continue reading
On February 15, the Tennessee Senate State & Local Government passed SB 2616 by a vote of 5-1. It says that political parties cannot nominate anyone for either house of congress, if that person had not voted in Tennessee in … Continue reading
On February 15, proponents of an Illinois statewide initiative filed a lawsuit in state court, to obtain the ability to collect electronic signatures. Wagner v White, Circuit Court of Cook County, 22CH285. Here is the Complaint. … Continue reading
On February 15, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a lengthy opinion in Harper v Hall, 2022-NCSC-17, explaining why it had ruled on February 4 that the new U.S. House and legislative district boundaries constitute an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The … Continue reading
On February 14, both houses of the Tennessee legislature passed SB 1820, which prevents local governments from using ranked choice voting for elections for their own officers. The vote was 74-19. All Republican representatives voted for the bill. In the … Continue reading