On July 29, former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm died, at the age of 85. He had served two terms as Governor of Colorado, and in 1996 sought the Reform Party presidential nomination. He was one of only two candidates who qualified for the Reform Party’s presidential primary, which was conducted by postal ballot. The other candidate was Ross Perot, who had started the Reform Party in 1995 but who had originally said he didn’t want the party’s nomination. But after Lamm declared for the party’s nomination, Perot also declared for it. The results of the party’s presidential primary were: Perot 32,145; Lamm 17,121. Lamm only won in Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia. Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news.

This Politico story explains that Democrats in both houses of Congress are working on a new election law bill. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.

On July 30, supporters of the California gubernatorial recall filed a lawsuit to censor Governor Gavin Newsom’s statements in the Voters Handbook. Heatlie v Weber, Sacramento Superior Court. Here is the Petition for Mandate. Governor Newsom’s statement says, in part, “Vote No on the recall of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom to stop the Republican takeover of our state.”

The lawsuit proponents want to eliminate the word “Democratic” in Newsom’s statement. The lawsuit also claims that some of the other sentences in Newsom’s statement are “false or misleading”. For example, his statement says, “The recall is an attempt by national Republicans and Trump supporters to force an election and grab power in California.”