On January 6, a Nevada state trial court refused to disqualify a proposed initiative for top-five. The petition hasn’t gathered the needed signatures yet, but a voter had said even if it did, it could not be on the ballot because it doesn’t have a funding source specified, and in Nevada, initiatives that cost taxpayer money must specify how to pay for the expense caused by the measure. The judge said there is no evidence that the initiative, if enacted, would cost the government to spend any additional money. The state analysis on whether the measure would cost more money is still pending. Helton v Nevada Voters First PAC, 1st judicial district, 21 OC 172.

The case will be appealed to the State Supreme Court. See this story. If the measure were to become law, it would be more difficult for parties to retain their qualified status, because the measure would abolish the lenient vote test (except for president). Thanks to Fairvote for this news.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this story about the Eleventh Circuit ruling of January 5. This story is better than most such stories, because the reporter put near the top of the story the fact that the law has existed since 1943 and no minor party candidate for U.S. House has ever been able to comply.

At 9 a.m. eastern, January 6, President Joe Biden gave a twenty-minute speech about the events of January 6, 2021, and about democracy. Here is a link, although Biden doesn’t speak until the eleven-and-one-half-minute mark. The first three minutes is blank, and then there is a speech by Vice-President Kamala Harris, followed by the President’s speech.

At the 24-minute through 26-minute marks, Biden talks about claims that the November 2020 election returns are not accurate. He points out that persons who think there was vote fraud never question any of the congressional or gubernatorial results, even though those offices were on the same ballots, cast by the same people at the same time.

Of course it would be very good if he would ever mention the treatment of voters who wish to vote for candidates who are not major party nominees, although in fairness, the speech is focused on the events of one year ago, which is a different subject.