A proposed Alaska initiative to adopt a top-four system, and also to impose new campaign finance restrictions, is the subject of a second lawsuit. The first lawsuit was filed last month, to overturn a decision by the state that the proposed initiative is invalid because it violates the single-subject rule. That case is pending.

On September 19, a new lawsuit was filed against the state, to stop the state’s decision that the initiative may be circulated while the single-subject lawsuit is pending. The new lawsuit depends on state law that says initiatives can’t circulate until their legality is resolved. See this story. Thanks to Scott Kohlhaas for the link.

The federal cases against the California tax returns-ballot law are being argued at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 19, in Sacramento. Originally the hearing was to begin at 2 p.m., but the judge moved the time forward. One of the cases is Trump v Padilla, e.d., 2:19cv-1501.

The Libertarian Party petition for ballot access in the upcoming special election for State House, 42nd district, has been rejected. The party was initially told it was 19 signatures short. It found 30 signatures that it believed had been erroneously rejected. The state accepted six signatures. It said evidence about the remaining signatures was submitted too late. See this story.

All of this will be evidence in the pending lawsuit over whether the state must give a free list of the registered voters to unqualified parties that are petitioning. That case is now undergoing discovery.