On April 14, U.S. District Court Judge Dominic Lanza, a Trump appointee, heard Arizonans for Fair Elections v Hobbs, 2:20cv-658. This case was filed by groups supporting various statewide initiatives. They argue that they should be allowed to collect electronic signatures.
The Arizona Republican Party and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club filed amici briefs arguing against the initiative proponents.
Here is a newspaper story about the hearing.
On April 10, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed HB 1103. It lets local governments use ranked choice voting for their own elections.
On April 10, Maine’s Governor Janet Mills extended the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from May 26 to June 26. She did not change the independent presidential petition deadline, which continues to be August 3.
This change was included in the same order that changed the date of the non-presidential primary from June 9 to July 14. Here is the order.
See this blog post from Political Wire, which says that Congressman Justin Amash is thinking seriously about running for president.
On April 13, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Berg permitted another candidate to file an amicus in the pending lawsuit over primary petitioning during the health crisis. Esshaki v Whitmer, e.d., 2:20cv-10831.
The candidate who will submit an amicus must do so by close of business, April 14. He is Daniel Finley, who is running in a non-partisan judicial race in Washtenaw County. The law requires him to submit 1,000 signatures by late April.
