On March 10, a state court lawsuit was filed against the new Arkansas law that requires statewide initiatives to contain a high number of signatures from each of 50 counties. King v Thurston, Pulaski County Circuit Court, 60cv-23-1816. The lead plaintiff is an Arkansas State Senator, Bryan King. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas is also a plaintiff.

The State Constitution says that initiatives need signatures from 15 counties, so obviously the legislature would have needed to initiate a constitutional amendment if it wanted signatures from 50 counties. But the legislature did not pass a constitutional amendment; it merely passed a statute. This lawsuit is very likely to win.

Georgia holds general election run-offs (except for president) if no one gets 50% of the vote. Two bills to change that have failed to advance, and it is now too late for them to pass. HB 419 would have provided that anyone who gets 45% is elected. SR 211 would have created a joint legislative committee to study run-offs.

This Vox story by Christian Paz says that independent U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema does have a chance to be re-elected next year, even if she is not a major party nominee.