On May 11, the New York state trial court that had originally invalidated the U.S. House and State Senate districting plan, ruled that the 2022 Assembly districts drawn by the legislature will be used this year. However, the decision is based on practical considerations, and did not say the Assembly districts are constitutional.
The South Carolina legislature will adjourn on Thursday, May 12. HB 4919, the bill to ban fusion, seems unlikely to pass. The bill passed the House on March 3, and passed the State Senate on April 21. But the Senate amended the bill and sent it back to the House, to see if the House would agree to the amendment. So far the House has taken no action since then.
On May 11, a Florida state trial court invalidated the U.S. House districts under the State Constitution. See this story.
On May 11, a New York state trial court said that the petitioning period for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, for U.S. House and State Senate, will be from May 21 through July 5. Harkenrider v Hochul, Steuben County Supreme Court, E2022-0116cv.
The period is only 45 days, and starts the day after the new boundaries will have been released. The primary for U.S. House and State Senate will be August 23. There seems to be no reason why the independent petitions couldn’t be due on August 23, except for the New York habit that the petitioning period is quite short.
See the order here. The order also sets out procedures for primary candidates for U.S. House and State Senate. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.
The order has no relevance to statewide petitions. However the statewide petitions need 500 signatures from each of half the U.S. House districts. It is very unjust to retain those distribution requirements and yet keep the statewide petition deadlines on May 31.
Frontloading HQ has this analysis of whether the Iowa Democratic Party can retain its status as the first state Democratic Party to select delegates to the national convention.
