Legislative Updates
Massachusetts: The Primaries in Massachusetts are finally set. Included in the Supplemental Appropriations Bill, that Gov. Charlie Baker (R) Signed into Law recently, is Language that will move the State’s Federal and State-Level Primary Elections to September 1st.
New Hampshire: HB 1572 – Rep. Katherine Rogers (D-Wards 8, 9 & 10) has Pre-Filed a Bill that would Allow Local Elections to be Conducted Entirely by Mailed-Out Ballot.
Wisconsin: The Legislature is considering a Bill that would Allow Voters who cast In-Person Absentee Ballots to Feed those Ballots Directly into a Tabulator instead of Placing them in an Envelope to be Opened on Election Day for Counting. Many of the State’s Clerks Support the Legislation.
Legal Updates
Maine: The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. has Ruled that Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap (D) Failed to “clearly and indisputably show that the emails he seeks fell within the work of the commission.” Therefore, the Court said the Non-Substantive Emails were Not Subject to the same Disclosure Requirements that Forced the Administration to Hand Over to Dunlap Thousands of Pages of Other Documents following a December 2017 Court Injunction.
Montana: The Montana Supreme Court has Reversed a Lower Court’s Decision and Awarded Attorney Fees to a Sheriff who had to Intervene in an Election Recount after Musselshell County Approved Rules Breaking State Law.
Wisconsin: In the Ongoing Legal Battle over whether or Not the State’s Elections Commission should Purge Approximately 234,000 Voters who may have Moved, the State’s Republican Party has Decided to Hire their own Attorneys in the Lawsuit over the Voter Purge. Additionally, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly has Recused himself from any Role in Deciding the Vote Purge Lawsuit with out providing a Reason.
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