Moscow, Russia supporters of free elections are continuing to protest the exclusion of independent candidates from the Moscow ballot, for the September 2019 election. See this story. The candidates were told they didn’t have at least 5,000 valid signatures, even though they insist they do. The July 20 demonstration had thousands of protestors, and even more are expected on July 27.
As noted earlier, on July 3, 2019, a U.S. District Court in Arkansas enjoined the new petition requirement of 26,746 signatures for a party to be on the 2020 ballot. The state then asked the U.S. District Court Judge to stay her own order.
On July 24, the Libertarian Party filed this 14-page brief, setting forth reasons why the judge should not stay her order.
Ballot Access News
July 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 2
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Backers of a top-two system in Florida say they have gathered 800,000 signatures on their initiative for a top-two system in Florida. See this story.
On July 23, President Trump filed a federal lawsuit in D.C. to stop New York state from turning over his state income tax return to the Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. The Complaint says that even though the chair of the congressional committee initially said he would not ask New York state for a copy of the returns, the chair is now wavering on whether he will do that. Trump v Committee on Ways & Means and Letitia James, Attorney General of New York, 1:19cv-2173. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
