As already noted, last year the Ninth Circuit struck down the Montana distribution requirement for petitions to create a qualified party. The Montana legislature is not scheduled to meet during calendar year 2022, so there is no likelihood that the … Continue reading
On January 18, Kells Hetherington filed this brief in his lawsuit against the Florida law that makes it a crime for candidates for non-partisan school boards to reveal their party membership during the campaign. He was fined $500 for saying … Continue reading
On January 18, Alaska State Senator Bill Wielechowski introduced SB 161. It eases the definition of a qualified party from a group with registration of 3% of the last vote cast, to exactly 5,000 registrants. … Continue reading
The Brennan Center has issued this report, listing each state’s redistricting lawsuits. … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in each house of the Missouri legislature to change primaries from open to closed. The bills are SB 907 by Senator Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) and HB 1450 by Representative Dan Stacy (R-Blue Springs). The bills are … Continue reading
