Here is an article with more insights on RCV legislation this year from Ballotpedia.
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On August 4, the Eleventh Circuit stayed an order of a U.S. District Court that would have required Miami to use a different redistricting plan for City Commission. The U.S. District Court had determined that the city’s redistricting plan is a racial gerrymander, but then the Eleventh circuit said the U.S. District Court should not have ruled so close to the upcoming election.
On August 6, the plaintiffs in the case had asked Justice Clarence Thomas to countermand the Eleventh Circuit.
On August 10, Justice Thomas asked the city to respond no later than August 14. The case in the U.S. Supreme Court is Grace v City of Miami, 23A116. Here is the brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by the plaintiffs.
Justice Thomas is handling this because he is the U.S. Supreme Court Justice who handles emergency requests from the Eleventh Circuit, when the U.S. Supreme Court is not in session.
Here is a story from South Dakota stimulated by No Labels recent successful completion of its petition drive there. The same news source also has a story that No Labels will cease its operations, if it thinks that its efforts will help Donald Trump be elected President in 2024.
The existence of No Labels is reminiscent of Americans Elect from 2010 to 2012, which ultimately decided not to run a Presidential ticket in 2012. Here is the Wikipedia article on Americans Elect.
The Libertarian National Committee will be meeting on Sat-Sun, August 19-20, 2023 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. That hotel is the site of the 2024 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominating Convention on Memorial Day weekend 2024. The LNC will be hosting a Ballot Access Symposium that Saturday from 7-9PM. Here is a press release on the event.
The Federal Election Commission publishes “Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory” every year or so. It is a very useful book for anyone who needs to know how to contact state election officials. It can be seen on-line at www.fec.gov, or the FEC will also postally mail a print copy to anyone who requests one. Technically it isn’t a book; the FEC copies all 145 pages and fastens them together with a clamp.