On October 9, a Florida state trial court released an opinion that recommends new U.S. House districts. The plan won’t be final until the Florida Supreme Court reviews the plan. See this story, which has a map. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Lee Prince has set out to interview and record interviews with everyone who is running for President and who has a website. He has already done 48 interviews and the number grows daily. Here is a list of the candidates interviewed, with links to those interviews.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on December 8, Tuesday, in two redistricting cases. One is Harris v Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 14-232. Arizona Republicans filed this lawsuit to overturn the 2011 state legislative redistricting plan. The party argues that the plan violates one-person, one-vote by creating districts with two many voters in Republican areas, and two few voters in Democratic areas. The party also argues that the Commission handled ethnic minorities improperly. The lower court had upheld the plan.
The other case being heard on December 8 is Evenwel v Abbott, 14-940. Some Texas voters filed this case, arguing that legislative and U.S. House districts should have equal numbers of eligible voters, not equal populations. Texas, like almost all states, uses population. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the news about Evenwel.
The Courthouse News Service has this story about the lawsuit filed on October 8 against the California law that permits some candidates, but not all candidates, to list their party registration on the ballot if they are running for Congress or partisan state office.
A New Jersey state trial court will hold oral arguments in October 14 in the Republican Party’s lawsuit, arguing that the party should be allowed to substitute a new nominee for Assembly, 38th district. The election is November 3, 2015. See this story. In the meantime the court told election officials not to print any more ballots.
