The Eleventh Circuit will hear oral argument in Jones v DeSantis, 19-14551, on January 29, 2020. This is the case on whether Florida ex-felons who cannot afford to pay back restitution, court costs, and fines may register to vote. The U.S. District Court had said that they may.
On December 19, 2019, the U.S. District Court Judge Mark Hinkle refused to stay his own order, as to registration. But he did stay the portion of his decision that says they may vote.
The California Secretary of State’s web page now lists the candidates in the March 3, 2020 primary.
Here is a link to the presidential primary candidate list. The list is alphabetical and combines candidates from all six parties into a single list.
Here is a link to U.S. House candidates.
Here is a link to State Senate candidates.
Here are the Assembly candidates.
Thanks to Mark Seidenberg for the links. Every U.S. House race has at least two major party members running, so under the top-two system, the November ballot will not include any candidates except Republicans and Democrats.
The Massachusetts Secretary of State held a lottery to determine the order of candidates on the presidential primary ballot on December 20. Yet election officials still haven’t finished checking the ballot access petition of Rocky De La Fuente, who is expecting to qualify by submitting 2,500 signatures of Republican and independent voters. The petition deadline was December 20. So it appears that anyone who qualified by petition is automatically listed on the bottom of the ballot. De La Fuente appears to be the only candidate who submitted a petition. All others got on the ballot because the Secretary of State felt they were mentioned in news media.
The Federal Election Commission has just published its 2018 election returns book. It covers congressional elections, both primaries and the general election. It is free and anyone may obtain a copy by phoning the FEC at 800-424-9530. Press #2. The book is 146 pages.
The title is “Federal Elections 2018.” The FEC has been publishing election returns every two years, starting in 1980.
On December 20, the plaintiff-candidates in Buscemi v Bell filed their opening brief in the Fourth Circuit. This is the case that challenges the North Carolina independent candidate petition requirements, which include a March 3 petition deadline and over 70,000 signatures for a statewide candidate. The U.S. District Court had upheld all these requirements.
