On July 13, U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane put the ballot access relief for Oregon statewide initiatives into a written order. He had already ruled orally that he would grant such relief, but his 14-page order explains his reasoning and gives details. The order says the Secretary of State can put the initiative on the ballot. Or, the Secretary of State can cut the number of signatures by 50% and extend the deadline to August 17.

Here is the order in People Not Politicians v Clarno, 6:20cv-1053. UPDATE: the Secretary of State will appeal to the Ninth circuit. Thanks to Dan Meek for that news.

On July 13, the Texas Supreme Court ruled 6-1 against the state Republican Party, over whether the party could have an indoor state convention in a particular site in Houston. Here is the decision in In re Republican Party of Texas, 20-0525. The order is only three pages and is procedural.

Here is the ten-page dissent by Justice John P. Devine.

This Axios article says eleven Republican congressional candidates, plus one person who may become a Republican congressional nominee (depending on how the primary turns out), say they believe in QAnon. According to one of those candidates, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Q teaches that many elite figures in government worship Satan and encourage pedophile sex trafficking.

Of the twelve candidates, only two of them are from states that use closed primaries. Three are on the November ballot in California, which uses a top-two system. The others are in states with open primaries or semi-open primaries. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.