On July 7, U.S. District Court Judge J. P. Boulee declined to enjoin any of the new Georgia laws that affect voting procedures, relative to the upcoming July 13 legislative runoff elections. Here is the 11-page order in Coalition for Good Governance v Kemp, n.d., 1:21cv-2070. The order says the new voting rules were in use for the initial elections in those same districts earlier this year, and it would not be good to have a different set of rules for the runoff.
This news story describes the debate in the Mississippi legislature, as proposals to restore the statewide initiative process are debated.
The New York city Board of Elections webpage has these election returns for the June 2021 Democratic primary for Mayor and other city office. It shows that Eric Adams has won, with 50.5% of the voters voting for him in at least one of the rounds. The counting required eight rounds.
On July 2, the Mississippi Supreme Court refused to rehear the decision that eliminated the initiative process. See this story.
Maine LD 231, which says independent voters may choose a partisan primary ballot without joining the party, still hasn’t passed. Although it received a majority of “yes” votes in both houses of the legislature, it was then laid on the appropriations table. That means until the budget is settled, the bill is not law. The legislature returns on July 19 to finalize the budget.
