Robert Robb has an op-ed in the Daily Independent of Sun City, Arizona, advocating that the Arizona Independent Party ought to be able to choose that name.
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Missouri State Senator David Gregory (R-St. Louis) has introduced SB 1139, to restore the presidential primary. The bill would set the primary on the second Tuesday of March.
On December 9, opponents of the new Missouri U.S. House district boundaries submitted 305,000 signatures on a referendum petition. Under normal Missouri practice, that should be enough to stop the new law (with the new district boundaries) from taking effect until the voters vote on the measure. The requirement is approximately 110,000 signatures.
However, the Secretary of State says he doesn’t need to check the signatures until July 2026, which would mean that the referendum had been filed too late. See this story.
The Secretary of State also says he has the authority to declare that the referendum process can’t be used to influence U.S. House districts, because some people believe that the initiative and referendum can’t be used to write election laws for congressional elections.
On December 9, the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear In re Tom Malinowski Petition for Nomination for General Election. This is the Moderate Party’s lawsuit that argues that the state constitution protects the ability of two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate.
On December 9, Florida and Georgia each held a special election for a state house seat. In Florida’s 90th district, the results were: Democratic 63.2%; Republican 35.9%; independent 1.0%. When the same seat had been up in November 2024, the results had been: Democratic 56.1%; Republican 43.9%.
In Georgia’s 121st district, the results were: Democratic 50.85%; Republican 49.15%, When the seat had last been up, in November 2024, the results had been: Republican 61.13%; Democratic 38.87%.