Ohio voters vote on August 8 on Issue One, which would make it more difficult for statewide initiatives to get on the ballot. The Libertarian, Green, and Forward Parties have asked voters to reject the idea. See this story.
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The Eleventh Circuit will hear Graeter Birmingham Ministries v Alabama Secretary of State, 22-13708, the week of November 13. This is the case over access to the Alabama list of registered voters. The state charges tens of thousands of dollars for the list. But the U.S. District Court had ruled that a provision in federal law requires the state to give a free list in certain circumstances. The plaintiffs want a free list of which voters were purged after the November 2022 election, and a list of voters who had applied to register but were denied due to a felony conviction.
This decision is not a permanent decision to not use Ranked Choice Voting in the future, but it is a temporary setback for election reformers. Here is a story from The Virginia Mercury.
On July 22, the Libertarian National Committee filed this reply brief in Libertarian National Committee v Saliba, e.d., 5:23cv-11074. It is eight pages.
On July 24, Bill Redpath, new editor of Ballot Access News, was interviewed by Dr. Rashad Richey about U.S. ballot access. The interiview can be seen here and lasts 13 minutes. Dr. Richey lives in the Atlanta area and is a journalist and professor. The interview is on his “The Young Turks” show.