Florida will hold a special election to fill the vacancy in the U.S. House, 20th district, on January 11, 2022. The Democratic and Republican Parties will choose their nominees in a special primary in December 2021. The Libertarian Party is the only other party with a candidate, and it is possible to know that Mike ter Maat will be on the race because he is unopposed for the Libertarian nomination. There will also be two independent candidates on the ballot, Jim Flynn and Leonard Serratore.
On October 12, the Montana Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit against a new Montana law that prohibits any political committee from petitioning inside a public college residence hall, dining facility, or athletic facility. The new law, SB 319, also bans voter registration drives inside such places. Montana Democratic Party v Jacobsen, 9:21cv-119.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Donald W. Molloy, a Clinton appointee. Thanks to the Institute for Free Speech for the link.
On October 11, the Alaskan Independence Party asked the Alaska Supreme Court to hear its appeal in the case against the top-four initiative passed by the voters in November 2020.
The City has this news story, giving a brief description of each of the nine candidates on the November 2, 2021 ballot for Mayor of New York.
On October 6, the Massachusetts Senate passed S2545. It allows any registered vote to vote early. Election officials would postally mail each registered voter an application, asking if the voter wants a postal ballot or not. The bill also makes it possible for individuals to register to vote on election day. See this story.
