HR 1826, the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide for public funding of candidates for Congress, has gained 7 co-sponsors since the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Citizens United v FEC on January 21. The bill now has 133 co-sponsors.

During the same period, no other election law bill in the House has gained any co-sponsors, except that HR 3025 has gained one co-sponsor. HR 3025 is the bill to require states to use bipartisan commissions to draw U.S. House district boundaries. It now has 26 co-sponsors.

Here is a New York Times item from February 3 about the chances of Congress passing public funding for candidates for Congress. Thanks to Eric Brown’s Political Activity Law for the link.

During late 2007 and early 2008, there were three cases challenging the date of the Florida presidential primary. The state insisted on holding the primary in January, even though the Democratic National Committee rules said no state could hold such a presidential primary except for New Hampshire.

One of the cases was filed by a Democratic voter against the state of Florida, and argued that the state was disenfranchising Democrats by holding the primary on a date that contradicted the wishes of the party. The case was held moot on October 5, 2009. It was Ausman v Browning, U.S. District Court, northern district, 4:07-cv-519. The case never got a substantive decision, because in the earlier stages of the case, the primary was held before the court could reach a decision.