Politico says 41 candidates have qualified for the California recall gubernatorial ballot. See this story. The list is not yet official. Politico says Larry Elder, a Republican somewhat well-known for his radio show, did not qualify; but the story also says that Elder says he did qualify. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. UPDATE: the Secretary of State’s tentative list only lists 33 candidates.
The U.S. Census Bureau won’t release 2020 census data until mid-August 2021. The only state that has done its legislative redistricting already is Illinois, which used census estimates to draw the new lines. Last month, some Illinois Republican leaders, and also some Illinois voters represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, both filed federal lawsuits, saying the state can’t draw valid districts until the actual census results are released.
The Republican case is McConchie v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:21cv-3091. The MALDEF case is Contreras v Illinois State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:21cv-3139. Both cases have been consolidated. A three-judge panel heard preliminary arguments on July 14.
The Illinois legislature has not yet drawn any U.S. House districts.
On July 16, proponents of a local initiative in Bridgeport, Ohio, asked the State Supreme Court to order the village clerk to accept their initiative. The initiative lowers the penalty for marijuana possession to the lowest level allowed by state law. The case is State of Ohio ex rel William Schmitt v Village of Bridgeport, 2021-0878.
Three times the proponents brought their completed petitions to the clerk, and each time he refused to accept them. Here is the complaint.
Bridgeport is in Belmont County, across the Ohio River from Wheeling, West Virginia.
On July 16, Alan Dershowitz, who represented Donald Trump during the first Trump impeachment trial, appeared on Fox TV and said the election was not “stolen”. See this story.
Friday, July 16, was the deadline for candidates to file for the California gubernatorial election being held on September 14, 2021. The state will not release the list of candidates for another week.
California sends a voter pamphlet to each registered voter in the postal mail, and the pamphlet contains information on whether any qualified parties have endorsed any particular candidate. It appears that only two of California’s qualified parties have endorsed anyone. The Libertarian Party has endorsed its member Jeff Hewitt, and the American Independent Party has endorsed a Republican, Larry Elder. Thanks to Mark Seidenberg for this news.
