On November 30, a California Republican national committeewoman, who is also an attorney, filed a lawsuit in the California Supreme Court to direct the California Redistricting Commission to stop holding unpublicized meetings. See this story, which has a link to the Complaint. The case is Moreno v Citizens Redistricting Commission. The court has asked for a response by December 7.
Honduras held a presidential and a congressional election on November 28, 2021. Fifteen candidates were on the ballot for president. Xiomara Castro, nominee of the Liberty & Refoundation Party, was elected with 52.7%.
Nine parties won some representation in Congress. Honduras uses proportional representation for congressional elections. See this wikipedia story.
Florida held primaries for U.S. House, 20th district, on November 2. This is for a special election to fill a seat that has been vacant since April 6, 2021. On November 24, the Democrat who placed second in that primary filed a lawsuit, alleging that the winner is not eligible.
The lawsuit is in Broward County Circuit Court, and alleges that the winner, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, is not eligible because (1) she didn’t file a campaign finance report; (2) she campaigned on a promise to work for an additional $1,000 federal stimulus check for all taxpayers, and the lawsuit says this is equivalent to trying to bribe the voters. The lawsuit, filed by candidate Dale Holness (who placed second) also says that election officials improperly refused to count 12 overseas absentee ballots. No one know whether the result would change if those 12 ballots were counted. The margin between the two candidates is only five votes.
The special election is set for January 11, 2022.
The Georgia ballot access case Cowen v Raffensperger, 21-13199, will be heard by these three Eleventh Circuit judges: William Pryor, a Bush Jr. appointee; Frank Hull, a Clinton appointee; and Britt Grant, a Trump appointee. The latter two judges are from Georgia, whereas Judge Pryor is from Alabama.
All the briefs will be filed during the next few weeks. The case is being expedited. It concerns the 5% petition for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House, state legislature, and partisan county office. The U.S. District Court had struck down the 5% law.
On November 30, some Ohio voting rights groups and voters filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court to overturn the new U.S. House district boundaries. League of Women Voters v DeWine. Here is the Complaint.
In 2018 the voters of Ohio amended the state constitution to say the legislature “shall not pass a plan that unduly favors or disfavors a political party or its incumbents.” But the new districts make it likely that Republicans will win 3/4ths of the seats.
