On July 27, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed SB 970, which moves the primary in midterm years from March to June. It has already passed the Senate. Now it goes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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On July 17, the Federal Election Commission updated its list of primary dates and petition deadlines for federal office, 2020. See it here. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
This chart published on Vote.org has the dates of early voting for each state that has early voting. The chart is also a handy way to know which states have all-postal voting. Vote.org was founded in 2008. It is a 501(c)(3) with a purpose of helping people know how to register to vote.
On July 31, Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian presidential nominee, filed a ballot access case against Maine. Jorgensen v Dunlap, 1:20cv-272. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen, an Obama appointee. Here is the 17-page complaint.
The case has a hearing Monday, August 3, at 11 a.m.
Ballot Access News
July 2020 – Volume 36, Number 2
| This issue was printed on pink paper. |
Table of Contents
- GEORGIA AND ILLINOIS, THE TWO WORST STATES FOR U.S. HOUSE BALLOT ACCESS, LOSE PROCEDURAL RULINGS
- EIGHTH CIRCUIT ARKANSAS ACCESS WIN
- COURT DECISIONS EASE BALLOT ACCESS
- SEVENTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS ILLINOIS BALLOT ACCESS RELIEF
- D.C. CIRCUIT DENIES DEBATE RELIEF
- U.S. HOUSE PASSES D.C. STATEHOOD BILL
- WASHINGTON EASES PRESIDENTIAL ACCESS
- DEMOCRATS WIN ONE BALLOT ORDER LAWSUIT AND LOSE ONE
- BOTH MAJOR PARTIES CHANGE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
- TEXAS DEMOCRATS LOSE LAWSUIT OVER STRAIGHT-TICKET
- HIGH COURT SHUNS ELECTION LAW CASES
- LEGISLATIVE NEWS
- MORE LAWSUIT NEWS
- 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
- HOWIE HAWKINS SECURES MAJORITY OF GREEN DELEGATES
- MINOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
- REFORM PARTY NOMINATES
- ONE-STATE PARTY NOMINATIONS
- ALOHA AINA PARTY HAS FOURTEEN LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
- MIMI SOLTYSIK DIES
- WORKING FAMILIES PARTY NOW QUALIFIED IN NEW MEXICO
- LIBERTARIANS IN NORTH DAKOTA PASS PRIMARY VOTE TEST
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL