The administration of former President Donald J. Trump drafted an executive order, directing the Secretary of Defense to seize the vote-counting equipment used across the nation for the November 3, 2020 election. The order is dated December 16, 2020, but it was never issued. The presidential electors had met on December 14, 2020.
Here is a copy. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.
Hawaii Senator Ronald Kouchi has introduced SB 2046. It deletes the requirement that signatures on petitions to recognize a new party must include the entire date of birth. Signers would still need to show month and date, but no longer would be asked for the year. Senator Kouchi is President of the State Senate.
Arizona Representative David Cook (R-Globe) has introduced HB 2581. It would allow candidates who are incumbents to avoid collecting signatures to get on a primary ballot. Instead they would pay a $250 filing fee.
On January 19, Kentucky Representative Jerry T. Miller (R-Eastwood) introduced HB 323, to move the 2022 primary from May to August 2.
Also on January 19, Governor Andy Beshear vetoed the bills that redistrict the U.S. House district boundaries, and also the bill to redraw the state house boundaries. However, it is expected that the legislature will override those vetoes.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has been Secretary of State since 2018. Pacer shows that 49 lawsuits have been filed in federal court against him. Of course, when anyone alleges that an election law is unconstitutional, it is customary to sue the Secretary of State (assuming the Secretary in that state handles elections; in a few states there is a Secretary of State who is not involved with elections).
Not all of the 49 lawsuits necessarily involves elections, because Secretaries of State have duties not related to elections. BAN has not examined all 49 cases, but it is clear that the vast majority are election law cases. One wonders if any other Secretary of State has been the defendant in this many federal lawsuits.
