According to this story, the Washington, D.C. city council has passed a bill to let felony prisoners vote this year. The only other jurisdictions in the U.S. that do that are Vermont and Maine. The bill has not yet been signed by the Mayor. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
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.
The American Independent Party, which is only ballot-qualified in California, will hold its presidential convention on Saturday, August 15, at the home of the Sacramento County chair of the party. Some delegates will participate remotely.
The issue of whether the Texas Republican Party can have its state convention in Houston is now before the Texas Supreme Court. A trial state court had ruled that the mayor of Houston was correct to stop the convention.
According to this story, the Texas Attorney General has sided with the city of Houston, and against the state Republican Party.
On July 10, Joshua Eisen, an independent congressional candidate in New York, filed a federal lawsuit for ballot access relief due to the health crisis. Eisen v Cuomo, s.d., 7:20cv-5121. The Governor’s proclamation of June 30, 2020, set the petition requirement at 2,450, to be collected July 1-30. Here is the brief.
The lawsuit notes that when Governor Cuomo set the primary petition requirement for U.S. House, it lowered it to only 30% of the normal requirement, but independents must collect 70% of the normal requirement. The lawsuit asks for a lower number of signatures, a later deadline, and the ability to obtain electronic signatures.
Eisen is running in the 17th district, the district currently held by Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Philip M. Halpern, a Trump appointee.
