On January 11, attorneys for the Arizona state government filed this brief in Tedards v Ducey, 2:18cv-4241. The issue is whether the state should hold a special election to fill Senator John McCain’s seat earlier than November 2020. McCain died … Continue reading
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Indiana State Senator Greg Walker has again introduced his bill to ease ballot access for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. It is SB 571. It lowers the statewide petition from 2% of the last Secretary of State … Continue reading
On December 21, 2018, a Wisconsin state trial court issued an opinion in Election Systems & Software v Wisconsin Elections Commission, Dane Co., 18-cv-972. The issue was what the Wisconsin Elections Commission should have agreed to, relative to Jill Stein’s … Continue reading
Frontloading HQ has this useful chart, showing when each state legislature convenes this year, and also when it is expected to adjourn. Frontloading HQ obtained the information from a chart prepared by the National Conference of State Legislatures, and converted … Continue reading
The New York legislature will take up various election law reforms on January 14, Monday, according to this story. So far the bills have not been placed on the legislature’s web page. … Continue reading
Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos here analyzes the part of H.R. 1 that requires all states to use nonpartisan methods to draw U.S. House boundaries. H.R. 1 is the bill introduced in the U.S. House and supported generally by Democrats in … Continue reading