California Recall Proponents File Lawsuit to Censor Gavin Newsom’s Ballot Statement

Posted on by July 31, 2021
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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.”

Oral Argument Set in Lawsuit Over Voting Rights for U.S. Citizens who Move to Guam

Posted on by July 30, 2021
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U.S. District Court Judge Jill Otake will hear Reeves v Nago, 1:20cv-433 (U.S. District Court in Hawaii), on August 13 at 9 a.m. This is the case over voting rights for U.S. citizens who move to Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under federal law, they can’t vote, yet if they had moved to a foreign country, they could have continued to vote absentee in the states in which they had lived before they moved abroad.

Alaska State Trial Court Upholds Top-Four System

Posted on by July 30, 2021
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On July 29, an Alaska state trial court upheld the top-four initiative passed by the voters in 2020. Kohlhaas v State, 3AN-20-9532. The 20-page decision did not even mention the strongest precedent against the system, Green Party of Alaska v State. In the Green Party case, the State Supreme Court ruled that the Alaska constitution gives more protection for freedom of association for political parties than the U.S. Constitution does. The Green Party decision said that if the Green Party and the Republican Moderate Party wanted to jointly participate in a blanket primary, they may do that, even though the legislature had abolished the blanket primary.

In the top-four case, the Alaskan Independence Party had said that it doesn’t want to participate in the top-four system, but the judge ruled that it must.

July 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by July 30, 2021
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Ballot Access News
July 2021 – Volume 37, Number 2

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. CONGRESSMAN DONALD BEYER INTRODUCES PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION BILL
  2. MAINE MAKES IT EASIER FOR A PARTY TO REMAIN QUALIFIED
  3. ILLINOIS EASES PETITION DEADLINE FOR 2022
  4. CALIFORNIA BALLOT ACCESS IMPROVEMENT BILL MOVES AHEAD
  5. NEVADA GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL MAKING BALLOT ACCESS WORSE
  6. ARIZONA SUPREME COURT ISSUES KANYE WEST OPINION
  7. CALIFORNIA BILL ON PAYING CIRCULATORS MOVES AHEAD
  8. NEW HAMPSHIRE BILL FOR EARLIER DEADLINES
  9. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  10. BOOK REVIEW: RUN FOR SOMETHING
  11. U.S. HOUSE JUNE ACTIONS SHOWS THAT PRIMARY SYSTEMS DON’T MATTER
  12. 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PETITION REQUIREMENTS
  13. BALLOT FOR NEW YORK CITY JUNE 22 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
  14. NEW JERSEY 2021 ELECTION
  15. VIRGINIA 2021 ELECTION
  16. RUSSIA BARS REFORMERS FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 BALLOT
  17. PENNSYLVANIA RELEASES HOWIE HAWKINS WRITE-IN TOTAL
  18. NEW MEXICO U.S. HOUSE ELECTION
  19. BILL KING, PROMINENT HOUSTON FIGURE, JOINS SAM PARTY
  20. DSA MEMBER WINS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR BUFFALO MAYOR
  21. FORMER REFORM PARTY LEADER WINS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR
  22. TWO MEN WHO SOUGHT A LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION DIED IN JUNE
  23. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL