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On August 4, the 11th circuit agreed with a lower court, that if a city permits commercial billboards, it can’t prohibit billboards asking voters to vote for a candidate. KH Outdoor v Trussville, Alabama, 05-12598.
Richard Winger
On August 3, North Carolina’s Governor signed HB 1024, which lets 10 counties and 10 cities experiment with Instant-Runoff Voting in 2007 and 2008.
The California Democratic Party is filing papers on August 4 to intervene in the lawsuit filed by the Sonoma County Republican Party (that lawsuit is called Sonoma County Republican Central Committee v McPherson). California Democrats also want to be able … Continue reading
On August 4, a 3-judge U.S. District Court redrew 5 Texas congressional districts (15, 21, 23, 25 and 28). The March primary results for those 5 districts are now of no significance. Candidate filing for those 5 districts is re-opened. … Continue reading
Constitutional ballot access cases are now pending in Alabama (11th circuit), Alaska (state court), Arizona (9th circuit), Arkansas (US District Court), California (state court), Hawaii (US District Court), Illinois (7th circuit), New Hampshire (state court), New York (2nd circuit), North … Continue reading