On February 1, the Florida Senate Ethics & Elections Committee passed SB 524 by 5-3. Among other provisions, it bans local governments from using ranked choice voting for elections for their own officers.
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This poll for the Arkansas gubernatorial general election suggests a candidate who is not either the Republican nor Democratic nominee would receive 7.5%. It is very likely that the Libertarian Party nominee will be the only person on the general election ballot, other than the Republican and Democratic nominees. A party must poll at least 3% for the office at the top of the ballot to retain its qualified status. The last time a third party polled well enough in Arkansas to remain ballot-qualified was in 1996, when Ross Perot’s showing kept the Reform Party on the ballot.
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.