On August 22, a lawsuit was filed in state court against a new Florida law, which permits people who sign initiative petitions to remove their names up to 5 months after they have signed. The case is Florida Hometown Democracy v Browning, 2007-ca-2278, Leon County Circuit Court. The plaintiffs are trying to get a statewide initiative on the ballot that would require voter approval for land-use changes. They have collected 300,000 signatures, and their ability to finish the job is threatened by the new law.

See here for an Atlanta Journal-Constitution news story about the trial in federal court in Rome, Georgia, concerning the Georgia requirement that voters at the polls show government photo-ID.

The two factions of the Prohibition Party have agreed to split the Pennock bequest equally, after having met in state court in Media, Pennsylvania. If the two factions had not agreed, they were threatened with having the bank that handles the money give that annual bequest to some other anti-alcohol organization.