Sometimes news is not a surprise, and this is such a story. Four US House seats may flip to Republican candidates with the bill that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed today.
Here is a story from Politico.
Thanks again to Political Wire, where I first saw this, for doing what you do!
Here is the announcement from the League of Women Voters of California. The first link in the LWVCA announcement takes one to the Ballotpedia page that explains the implications of Yes or No votes on this initiative.
This is one more instance of a troubling and growing trend of conflating the term “Ballot Access” with “Voters’ Rights.” I (and, I do believe, Richard Winger) think that the term ballot access should continue to address candidates’ ability to be on ballots, and that the term “Voters’ (or Voting) Rights” refers to the ability of the electorate to cast a vote.
We think the cause of a robust and effective democracy would be served by adhering to that demarcation.
Ballot access laws are difficult in many states, and Indiana is one of them. For instance, Indiana is one of the states in which Ralph Nader never made the ballot as a Presidential candidate.
Yet, the Libertarian Party has maintained ballot access in Indiana since 1994. LPIN Chair Evan McMahon, who is running for Chair of the Libertarian National Committee at the Libertarian Party National Convention, May 22-25, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently addressed Indiana ballot access issues in this oped in the Indiana Capital Chronicle.
Richard Winger posted on April 27 about the Scott v. McDougle case before the Supreme Court of Virginia. Here is a new article on the ramifications of the wait on the Court’s impending decision on the legality of the recent redistricting initiative that was passed by Virginia voters on Tuesday, April 21.
The rundown on twelve states is in this new article from Axios.
