On March 29, two similar Missouri bills to restore Missouri’s presidential primary advanced. HB 267 and HB 347 passed the House Special Committee on Public Policy. The primary would be in March. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news.
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Grant Tudor and Beau Tremitiere have published a 72-page study of how the U.S. could switch to proportional representation. No change in the U.S. Constitution would be required for make the U.S. House a somewhat proportional body. Instead, congress merely need pass a law, eliminating the requirement for single-member districts and implementing a plan somewhat like HR 3863 from the last session of congress. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
On May 17, 2022, the Tenth Circuit heard arguments in Frank v Lee, 21-8060. This is the case over Wyoming’s law that does not permit First Amendment activity within 300 feet of the entrance to the polls, on election day. The U.S. District Court had struck it down. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a Tennessee case, had previously upheld 100-foot zones, and Wyoming appears to be the only state with a zone that is bigger than that.
It seems odd that there is still no decision in the Wyoming case, given that the oral argument was over ten months ago.
The website Smerconish.com has my essay on why sore loser laws don’t apply to presidential primaries. See it here.
On March 28, Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court did not release any election law decisions, although it did release one non-election law opinion. It had been thought that some redistricting opinions might be released on March 28.