On March 4, the Alabama Democratic Party disqualified Victor Williams from the 2022 primary. He had filed for U.S. Senate. See this story, which describes Williams and his support for Donald Trump. After that story ran, Williams was removed from the primary ballot.
On March 4, Texas filed this brief in the Fifth Circuit in Longoria v Paxton, 22-50110. This is the lawsuit over whether Texas may make it a crime for a local election official to suggest to a voter that he or she apply for a mail ballot. The U.S. District Court had enjoined the law.
On March 7, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Thompson v DeWine, 21-1120, the case over whether ballot access relief should be given to initiative proponents during a health crisis.
Two New York State Senators have introduced SB 8444. It would increase the validity rate for petition signatures for primary and general election candidates. It would provide that signatures are valid if a reasonable person could determine that the signer is a registered voter. Technical mistakes concerning the city, town or village would no longer be enough to invalidate a signature. Cover sheet errors would no longer be a basis for invalidating a signature. Errors in page numbers would also no longer be enough to invalidate signatures.
The two sponsors are Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D-Nyack) and Senator Rachel May (D-Syracuse). Thanks to Joe Burns for this news. If passed, the bill would not take effect until 2023.
Ballot Access News
February 2022 – Volume 37, Number 9
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