As of March 19, members of the New Mexico State Legislature, which includes the New Mexico House of Representatives and the New Mexico State Senate, have passed four bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those four bills, legislators passed three during the week of March 13-19. Democrats sponsored all…
As of March 19, members of the Kentucky General Assembly, which includes the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Kentucky State Senate, have passed one bill related to election administration since the beginning of the year. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is: KY HB302: AN ACT relating to elections and…
As of March 19, members of the Indiana General Assembly, which includes the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana State Senate, have passed one bill related to election administration since the beginning of the year. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is: IN SB0106: Local powers concerning elections, Reps. Patricia…
State supreme courts issued 142 opinions between March 13-19. The Hawaii Supreme Court led the field with 25 opinions issued, followed by Delaware with 10 and Mississippi, North Dakota, and Ohio with eight. Last week’s 142 opinions account for 10% of the year-to-date total of 1,366. Delaware leads with 91 opinions issued since Jan. 1,…
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued three opinions from March 13-19. As of March 19, the court issued 15 opinions in 2023 — one fewer than this point a year ago. The three opinions are below: Malanga v. West Orange Twp., where the court found that the Township of West Orange improperly designated its public library…
The New York Court of Appeals issued four opinions from March 13-19. As of March 19, the court issued 13 opinions in 2023 — seven fewer than this point a year ago. The four opinions are below: Lemieux v. Horn, where the court affirmed the appellate division’s ruling that “the defendant established prima facie entitlement…
The Florida Supreme Court issued five opinions from March 13-19. As of March 19, the court issued 19 opinions in 2023 — 12 fewer than this point a year ago. The five opinions are below: Sanchez-Torres v. State, where the court affirmed a lower court’s denial of a successive motion seeking vacatur of the appellant’s…
The Iowa Supreme Court issued one opinion from March 13-19. As of March 19, the court issued 24 opinions in 2023 — six fewer than this point a year ago. The opinion is below: Estate of Butterfield v. Chautauqua Guest Home, Inc., where the court “reversed in part the judgment of the court of appeals…
The New Mexico Supreme Court issued four opinions from March 13-19. As of March 19, the court issued nine opinions in 2023 — five more than this point a year ago. The four opinions are below: State v. Sena, where the court reversed the appellate court’s opinion and affirmed the district court’s imposition of an…
The Texas Supreme Court issued three opinions from March 13-19. As of March 19, the court issued 21 opinions in 2023 — 12 fewer than this point a year ago. The three opinions are below: In re Morris (Opinion), where the court denied a prospective San Antonio voter’s petition for a writ of mandamus. The…