On April 22, the League of Women Voters of Florida and some other voting rights groups sued Florida over its new U.S. House district boundaries. The case is in state court and depends on the State Constitution. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
UPDATE: the case is Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute v Lee, Leon County circuit court, 2022-ca-000666. Here is the Complaint.
France is holding a run-off presidential election on Sunday, April 24. Each polling place has approximately 1,000 registered voters. During the day, poll workers at each polling place take note when 100 ballots have been cast. At that point the ballots are retrieved and sent to the counting station. This is repeated, each time another 100 ballots have been cast. Therefore, because the bulk of the counting is done during the day, the votes will have been counted within an hour and thirty minutes of the closing of the polls.
In the U.S., in which almost all public elections are on Tuesday, there is a glut of voters in the evening, because many people work on Tuesday during the normal business hours and then vote when they leave work in the evening. But in France, and many other countries, the flow of voters to the polling station is more evenly-spaced, because most people don’t work on Sundays.
France has no postal ballots, but France allows proxy voting. French citizens living in possessions of France have the same voting rights and the same procedures for in-person voting. French citizens living overseas, in parts of the world that are not French possessions, vote at French government offices such as consulates. See this article for more about proxy voting.
On April 23, the Utah Democratic Party state convention voted not to have any nominee for U.S. Senate. The party then endorsed independent candidate Evan McMullin. See this story.
The New Jersey Libertarian Party expects to run a nominee for U.S. House in each of the twelve districts this year. Assuming the party meets that goal, it will be the first time any third party has run a full slate for U.S. House in New Jersey since 1992. In 1992 the Libertarians also ran a full slate.
There are no statewide races in New Jersey this year.
On April 22, an Arizona state trial court determined that state election procedures for challenging unqualified candidates cannot be used to bar three Republicans accused of running afoul of the “insurrection” language in the 14th amendment. See this story. Thanks to Steve Kamp for the link.
UPDATE: the case is Hansen v Finchem, Superior Court, Maricopa County, CV2022-004321. Here is the 19-page opinion. An appeal to the State Supreme Co0urt is pending.
