As already noted, on November 15, a U.S. District Court ruled that Florida’s law on the order of candidates on general election partisan ballots is unconstitutional. The state has asked the Court to stay its decision while it appeals to the Eleventh Circuit. The U.S. District Court will hold a hearing on the state’s request on Monday, November 25, at 3 p.m.
On November 21, the U.S. House Oversight Committee filed this brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the Supreme Court lift the stay on the subpoena for President Trump’s tax records. Trump v Mazars, 19A545.
On November 21, supporters of ranked choice voting submitted signatures for a Massachusetts initiative to use that system in all federal and state elections. Thanks to Fairvote for this news.
On November 21, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling in Patterson v Padilla, finding that the new law requiring presidential primary candidates to disclose their tax returns if they want to be on a presidential primary ballot violates the California Constitution. The opinion is unanimous.
Former Rhode Island Governor and U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee attended the recent meeting of the Libertarian Party national committee. Here is a news story from Rhode Island which interviewed him about that.
