On February 14, some Kansas voters filed a lawsuit in state court against the new U.S. House district boundaries. Alonzo v Schwab, Wyandotte Co. District Court, 2022-cv-000090. The lawsuit charges the new boundaries violate the state Constitution, both because they are a racial gerrymander and a partisan gerrymander. Here is the Complaint.
On February 8, Tennessee bills to ban local governments from using ranked choice voting passed in committees in both houses. They are SB 1820 and HB 1868. They may receive floor votes on February 14.
On February 8, the Mississippi House passed HC39 by 92-26. It restores the initiative process. If the bill passes, then the voters will vote on it. All of the “no” votes were from Democratic members of the House.
On February 1, the Mississippi House Apportionment and Elections Committee defeated HB 373, which would have raised candidate filing fees.
Fifty-one members of the South Carolina House have introduced HB 4919, which bans the ability of two parties to jointly nominate the same person. The bill also makes changes in absentee voting. The South Carolina House has 124 members.
