On September 25, a University of North Florida poll was released for Amendment 4. Amendment 4 is an initiative that would let most ex-felons register to vote, without first having to personally persuade the Governor they they should have their voting rights. The poll shows that 71% of the voters say they expect to vote “yes.” All statewide ballot measures in Florida need 60% in order to pass, whether they are initiatives, or whether they are put on the ballot via the Constitution Revision Commission. Thanks to Electionline for this news.

The Eleventh Circuit had been expecting to hold oral arguments in Wilding v Democratic National Committee, 17-14194, on Tuesday, September 25. However, one of the three judges recused herself, so the other two judges cancelled the hearing and will decide on a new date at a later time. The identity of the judge who recused herself is not known, although the court order refers to “her”. The other two judges would have been Frank M. Hull and Julie Carnes.

This is the lawsuit in which donors to the Democratic Party are suing the party, because, they assert, the party organization violated its own rules and gave preferential treatment to Hillary Clinton, relative to Bernie Sanders. The plaintiffs were supporters of Sanders. The U.S. District Court had ruled against the plaintiffs, so this appeal followed.

On September 24, New Brunswick held elections for its Legislative Assembly. For the first time since 1920, no party won a majority of the seats. The results are: Progressive Conservative 22, Liberal 21, Green 3, Peoples Alliance 3. See this wikipedia article.