On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in the Moore v. Harper case out of North Carolina. The issue was whether the NC Supreme Court went beyond its authority in rejecting the NC legislature’s US House redistricting plan after the 2020 census due to unconstitutional pro-Republican Party gerrymandering.
Here is the SCOTUS blog post analyzing the decision:
Here is the link to the opinion:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1271_3f14.pdf
Here is a link to a FairVote analysis on the results of the June 20, 2023 Democratic Party Primary for the Arlington County, Virginia Board of Supervisors that used multiwinner Ranked Choice Voting. The vote transfer process is illustrated about halfway down the webpage:
https://fairvote.org/analyzing-results-from-arlingtons-first-proportional-rcv-election/
On Sunday, June 25, the last day of the Oregon legislative session, the legislature passed HB 2004. It asks the voters if they wish to use ranked choice voting for federal and state primaries and general elections, except legislative elections would not be covered. Here is the text.
On Monday, June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order in the Louisiana U.S. House Redistrcting Case, Louisiana Secretary of State v Robinson. The lower court must consider whether Louisiana must redraw its U.S. House Districts to Create a Second Black-Majority District. The order is unanimous.
A U.S. District Court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will hold a hearing in Libertarian National Committee v Saliba, e.d., 5:23cv-11074, on Wednesday, August 23, at 1 p.m. The Libertarian National Committee seeks a preliminary injunction against one faction of the state party, to prevent that faction from holding itself out as the Libertarian Party of Michigan.
