The bill in the US House to admit Puerto Rico as a state, HR 1965, now has 21 co-sponsors. One was added on August 23.
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The Portland, Maine Press Herald, the largest newspaper in the state, has this editorial asking the legislature to pass the bill that would provide for ranked choice voting in the presidential primary.
The editorial contains a factual error. Maine law does not now provide for ranked choice voting for president in general elections. The bill that is pending, LD 1083, would provide for ranked choice voting for both the presidential primary and for president in the general election.
Ballot Access News
August 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 3
| This issue was printed on white paper. |
Table of Contents
- U.S. DISTRICT COURT ENJOINS ARKANSAS 3% PETITION
- NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT PETITION
- BALLOT ACCESS WINS
- MORE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE NEWS
- D.C. STATEHOOD BILL HAS 216 CO-SPONSORS
- LEGISLATIVE NEWS
- LAWSUIT NEWS
- PARTIES WITH “INDEPENDENT” OR “INDEPENDENCE” WHO WERE ON BALLOTS
- 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
- JOHN PAUL STEVENS DIES
- ROSS PEROT DIES
- RICK KNOX DIES
- SOCIALIST PARTY SETS CONVENTION
- VIRGINIA NOVEMBER 2019 ELECTION
- JUSTIN AMASH WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS AN INDEPENDENT
- N.H. LIBERTARIAN PRIMARY
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
The bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to make the District of Columbia a state, HR 51, now has 218 co-sponsors in addition to its lead sponsor, Eleanor Holmes Norton. The voting membership of the U.S. House (which does not include Delegate Norton) is 435. However, two of the co-sponsors are from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and they can’t vote, so the bill still is two short of having a majority of the voting members. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not one of the co-sponsors.
On August 22, the Michigan Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit against the new Michigan redistricting commission. Michigan Republican Party v Benson, w.d., 1:19cv-669. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Janet T. Neff, a Bush Jr. appointee.
The complaint says the party does not oppose the idea of a redistricting commission, but it objects to the Michigan commission because it calls for four Republican members, four Democratic members, and five members who are neither. The Republican Party says that commission members self-identify with their party. Michigan does not have registration by party. The lawsuit argues that if the Republican Party is going to be represented by four commissioners, then the party should have input into who those four Republicans will be. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.