On December 30, some Georgia voters and organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the new U.S. House district boundaries. The case was filed the same day the Governor signed the bill setting up those new districts. Pendergrass v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:21cv-5339. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Steve C. Jones, an Obama appointee.

The petitioning period for independent candidates, and the nominees of parties that didn’t poll 20% of the vote for President in the entire U.S., or Governor of Georgia, begins on January 13, 2022. The Georgia Secretary of State’s office still hasn’t calculated the number of signatures needed in the various U.S. House districts.

On December 23, 2021, the Texas Libertarian Party filed this amended Complaint against the Texas law that requires individuals seeking a nomination at a convention to pay a filing fee to the government. Bilyeu v Scott, w.d., 1:21cv-1089. This case will move swiftly. It has already had a status conference.

On January 1, California U.S. House member Devin Nunes resigned from Congress. According to this story, the special election will be in late March or early April. In California special elections, the first round is an election, because anyone who gets 50% is elected. But generally in special congressional elections, there is no incumbent, so there are many candidates and it is rare for anyone to get 50%. If there is a run-off, it will probably be in early June. See this story.