This Florida newspaper story says that in the newspaper’s home area, election data shows a significant number of voters are registering out of the Republican Party.
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The Federal Election Commission had originally been scheduled to file a response to the presidential debates lawsuit on December 14, 2020. But it had asked the U.S. Supreme Court for more time, and the new deadline was to have been January 13. But now the FEC has again asked for, and received, another extension. Now the FEC response is due February 12.
The case is Level the Playing Field v FEC, 20-649. The co-plaintiffs include the Libertarian National Committee and the Green Party. The issue is whether the FEC is failing to enforce federal campaign finance law when it allows the Commission on Presidential Debates to exclude everyone except the Republican and Democratic nominees.
The Legal Marijuana Now Party is beginning the process of finding at least 28 more valid signatures, so as to be able to qualify for the Nebraska ballot. Earlier this month the Secretary of State had said it is short 28 valid signatures, but frequently when proponents of any type of petition do a more careful examination of the petition, they can find valid signatures that had been erroneously rejected.
Congressmember Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) will soon introduce a resolution for a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college.
See his press release. Thanks to the Institute for Public Accuracy for the link.
New York holds primaries in June 2021 for local partisan office, including New York city offices. The petitioning period for primary candidates runs from February 23 to April 1. According to this newspaper story, many potential candidates are asking Governor Andrew Cuomo for a reduction in petitioning requirements, because the health crisis isn’t over. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.
In 2019, the New York legislature moved the primaries for state and local office from September to June. New York wouldn’t be having this problem if the primary had remained in September.