Virginia elects its state officers in odd year elections. In years following a presidential election, such as 2021, only the statewide offices and the House of Delegates members are elected. In this year’s election for lower house of the legislature, the districts based on the 2010 census are being used, because the 2020 census data isn’t available yet.

On June 28, a Virginia voter filed a federal lawsuit, demanding that the terms of the lower house of the legislature be limited to one year, and that the state hold another election for the same office in November 2022, using the 2020 census data. Goldman v Northam, e.d., 3:21cv-420. Here is the Complaint.

This is not far-fetched, because in 1981, a U.S. District Court ordered that remedy, and Virginia Delegates elected in 1981 only got a one-year terhm. The state held another election for that office in 1982, using districts based on the 1980 census. Thanks to Ballotpedia for this yews.

The Arkansas Secretary of State has verified the 2024 presidential petition of the American Solidarity Party. The party gained this status by submitting 1,000 valid signatures. The legislature raised the petition for presidential status this year from 1,000 to 5,000 signatures, but the new law is not in effect yet, so the old requirement was sufficient.

On July 7, the Ninth Circuit heard Arizona Democratic Party v Hobbs, 20-16759. The issue is the state law requiring voters who forgot to sign their mail ballot to correct that error by the end of election day. A U.S. District Court had invalidated it and given such voters five days to correct the error. See this story.