On June 28, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of some Florida ex-felons who just lost their ability to register to vote (or to remain registered) because they are unable to pay past legal financial obligations incurred in connection with their past conviction. The Complaint estimates that 83% of Florida ex-felons have past financial obligations. Gruver v Barton, n.d., 1:19cv-121. The case was filed only minutes after Governor DeSantis signed the bill that imposed the restrictions.

The Complaint is 74 pages. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker, an Obama appointee.

On June 27, a U.S. District Court upheld Arizona’s policy of not holding an election to fill John McCain’s Senate seat until November 2020. McCain died in August 2018. The voters who filed the lawsuit Tedards v Ducey, 2:18cv-4241, had argued that the constitutional protections for voters required that the election should be sooner than that. Here is the 25-page decision.

The voters also challenged the Arizona law that requires the Governor to appoint a new U.S. Senator who is a member of the same party as the Senator who is being replaced. The opinion says the plaintiffs don’t have standing to challenge that law.

The number of registered voters in Oklahoma, as of June 27, is: Republican 987,570; Democratic 736,793; Libertarian 10,075; independent and other 318,730.

The percentages are: Republican 48.10%; Democratic 35.89%; Libertarian .49%; independent and other 15.52%.

The percentages just before the November 2018 election were: Republican 47.33%; Democratic 36.83%; Libertarian .40%; independent and other 15.44%.