Andrew Yang plans to call his new party the “Forward Party”. This somewhat matches the name of his foundation, the Humanity Forward Foundation. Thanks to Steve Rossignol for this news.
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In New Hampshire, state legislators are already submitting ideas for bills to the legislature’s staff. Representative Kevin Craig (R-Lancaster) has submitted a bill to lower the number of signatures for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. He has also submitted a bill to ease the definition of a qualified party.
Representative Joshua Adjutant has introduced a bill to establish the initiative process for state law changes. Thanks to Daryl Perry for this news.
On September 22, all the full-time judges of the Fifth Circuit heard Harness v Hosemann, 19-60632. The issue is Mississippi’s law on disenfranchisement of ex-felons. See this story.
This news story describes the inability of the Nebraska legislature so far to pass a redistricting bill for either U.S. House or legislature.
On September 21, a poll was released for the Buffalo, New York mayor’s race. It shows that Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown is leading in the race for Mayor, even though he is a write-in candidate. The only candidate listed on the ballot is India Walton, the Democratic Party nominee. See this story.