The Florida initiative for a top-two primary (for state and local partisan office) has enough valid signatures and will appear on the November 2020 ballot. There is a slight chance that the Florida Supreme Court will remove it, but that is not likely. A decision could come out at any time.
See this story. Initiatives in Florida cannot pass unless they receive 60% of the vote.
On December 13, Massachusetts Secretary of state William Galvin said that he will put William Weld and Joe Walsh on the Republican presidential primary ballot automatically, because they are discussed in news media. But he said he won’t put Rocky De La Fuente on because he isn’t discussed in the news media. De La Fuente can still get on the ballot with 2,500 signatures of registered Republicans and/or registered independents. See this story.
Here is a link to the BBC for election returns for the December 12 parliamentary election in the United Kingdom. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona) and Representative Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) are about to introduce a bill to use ranked choice voting for federal, state, and local office in the state, excluding recall elections. The bills don’t have numbers yet, but here is the text. They apply to president.
On December 12, a state supreme court judge in Niagara County heard arguments in Hurley v Public Campaign Financing & Election Commission, and Jastrzemski v Public Campaign Financing & Election Commission. These are the two similar lawsuits that argue the New York legislature cannot delegate to a commission the power to revise the ballot access laws. The Hurley case was filed by the Working Families Party and is case E169547-2019. The Jastrzemski case was filed by the Conservative Party and is E169561-2019.
Here is a news story about the hearing. Thanks to Jim Riley for the link. UPDATE: also see this Buffalo News story.
