Marsha Holland has asked a U.S. District Court to suspend her election law lawsuit until April 1, 2020, because the state elections office has agreed to ask the legislature to fix the problem that she complained about.Source: Utah Independent Candidate Suspends Ballot Label Case To Give Legislature a Chance to Solve Problem...
Most Americans agree that partisan gerrymandering is a scourge to democracy. But is it one that citizens can fix themselves? That’s the theory floated by Justice Neil Gorsuch during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Tuesday over two major gerrymandering cases.Source: Neil Gorsuch’s Bad-Faith Ploy to Save Partisan Gerrymandering and Doom American Democracy...
On March 25, the Hawaii Democratic Party released its plan for the 2020 presidential selection process. The plan goes for the party to hold its own presidential primary on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Although the party’s polls will close that day at 3 p.m.Source: Hawaii Democrats Will Hold Party-Administered Presidential Primary Instead of Caucuses...
At oral arguments in yesterday’s partisan gerrymandering cases, several Justices raised questions about whether partisan-gerrymandering challenges implicitly appeal in one way or another to a baseline of proportional representation (PR).Source: Proportionality is Not the Baseline In Modern Partisan Gerrymandering Cases...
Attorneys for the Utah elections office have indicated they want to put a freeze on the lawsuit Holland v Cox, 4:18cv-74.Source: Utah Government Wants to Settle Lawsuit Over Ballot Labels for Independent Candidates...
More voters prefer to elect the president by national, popular vote over the existing Electoral College system, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.Source: Poll: Voters prefer popular vote over Electoral College...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the measure, which would place conditions on the re-enfranchisement of millions, a "poll tax.Source: Florida Republicans move to limit felon voting rights despite constitutional amendment...
And Beto makes 18. As of mid-March 2019, eighteen candidates have joined the 2020 presidential race, including President Trump himself. Any of these eighteen individuals or their supporters could set up PACs and super PACs to raise money to get their preferred candidate to the Oval Office.Source: Beware of Scam PACs in This Crowded Presidential Field...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a redistricting case that could help determine the balance of power in Virginia’s legislature for years to come.Source: U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in appeal of Virginia racial gerrymandering case...
In November, 64 percent of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing former felons to regain their right to vote. Three weeks later, a Republican state representative introduced legislation that would require constitutional amendments to earn 67 percent of the vote to pass.Source: GOP legislators clamping down on voter initiatives...
