The Tap: Friday, June 24, 2016

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The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022.

Review of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #22 of The Tap, which was published on June 25, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • Carroll “Beau” Correll, a delegate from Virginia to the Republican National Convention, filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court seeking to prevent enforcement of a section of Virginia law requiring all party delegates to a presidential nomination convention to vote for the winner of Virginia’s presidential primary election contests. Correll—filing on behalf of himself, 49 Republican delegates, and 110 Democratic delegates—alleges that the Virginia law unconstitutionally violates his right of conscience to vote for the candidate of his choice, as well as his rights to free speech and free association under the First Amendment. Correll has acknowledged that he will not vote for the presumptive GOP nominee, Donald Trump, at the convention, a move that Trump stated would be “totally illegal.” The lawsuit comes as a movement is taking hold among conservative activists to unbind the delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention. A ruling in Correll’s favor could work to the advantage of the movement by helping to alleviate the legal concerns of delegates seeking to vote at the convention for a candidate other than the one to whom they are bound by state law and/or state party rules. A ruling against Correll, on the other hand, could threaten to undermine the movement to unbind the delegates by reinforcing the delegates’ legal concerns. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Florida congressional filing deadline
    • Ballotpedia will have complete candidate lists next week following Friday’s deadline.
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Marco Rubio (R) is up for election in 2016. On Wednesday, Rubio announced that he would seek re-election in 2016, despite his prior claims to the contrary. This prompted both U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera to exit the race. The race is a general election battleground in 2016.
    • There are 27 U.S. House districts in Florida. The Republican Party holds 17 seats, and Democrats hold the remaining 10.
    • There are two House races currently rated as battlegrounds in 2016: District 18 and District 26. Additionally, three U.S. House seats are expected to flip partisan control due to redistricting: Districts 2, 10, and 13. This would result in a gain of one seat by the Democratic Party.
  • Donald Verrilli stepped down as solicitor general of the United States, having served in this role since 2011. The solicitor general represents the U.S. government in federal appellate court and before the Supreme Court of the United States. In a statement, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that Ian Gershengorn, the current principal deputy solicitor general, would become acting solicitor general on June 25.
  • After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, President Barack Obama released the following statement: “The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision. The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is enduring, and the United Kingdom’s membership in NATO remains a vital cornerstone of U.S. foreign, security, and economic policy. So too is our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of democratic values and ideals across the continent and beyond. The United Kingdom and the European Union will remain indispensable partners of the United States even as they begin negotiating their ongoing relationship to ensure continued stability, security, and prosperity for Europe, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the world.” Obama initially explained his opposition to the UK leaving the EU in an op-ed.

State

  • Filing deadline: Florida
    • State legislature: Florida has 20 state Senate and 120 state House seats up for election in 2016. Republicans have a 12-seat majority in the Senate and a 42-seat majority in the House. With a Republican governor, Florida is one of 23 Republican state government trifectas. On December 30, 2015, a Florida judge ruled that the state Senate district maps violated anti-gerrymandering laws. The new district maps favor Democrats and give the party a chance to regain a state Senate majority. Out of the 40 Senate districts, 21 districts voted for President Barack Obama (D) in 2012, while only 19 districts voted for Republican Mitt Romney. The unofficial candidate list does not show any incumbent vs. incumbent matchups in the state Senate.
  • The Kansas State Legislature adjourned its two-day special session after passing an education funding plan. The bill now goes before Gov. Sam Brownback (R), who is expected to sign it. The Republican plan will increase aid to poor school districts by $38 million. The aid will come from diverting funds from other parts of the state budget and from redistributing funds from wealthier school districts. The plan will funnel up to $13 million from the sale of the Kansas Bioscience Authority to help pay for additional school spending. Earlier this year, the court ruled the state’s school funding formula unconstitutional and gave lawmakers until June 30 to submit a new plan that satisfied the court; if it failed to do so, the court had threatened to close the state’s public schools on July 1.
    • In the Kansas special legislative session, two bills were immediately introduced by the House Judiciary Committee: a constitutional amendment that would cap school funding at 45 percent of the state budget and a bill to create a superior court that would have appellate jurisdiction over the state supreme court. The bill prescribes that the superior court would have appellate jurisdiction over decisions made by administrative bodies and officers of the state, and appellate jurisdiction over all matters for which the state supreme court has original jurisdiction. The superior court would be the court of last resort for all matters over which it has jurisdiction, meaning that the supreme court would have no authority to re-hear rulings of the superior court. The bill provides a timeline for appointing judges and setting up the court by the summer of 2017.

Local

  • FILING DEADLINE: Deadline passed to run for local judgeships across the state of Florida. The primary election will be on August 30, 2016, and the general election will be on November 8, 2016. The August primary election will functionally serve as a general election, since the November general election will only be held in races where no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the primary.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Deadline passed to run for 94 school board seats across 38 of Florida’s largest school districts. Five of nine school board seats are up for election in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest of the 38 districts. It served 356,233 students during the 2013-2014 school year. The primary election will be on August 30, 2016, and the general election will be on November 8, 2016. The August primary election will functionally serve as a general election, since the November general election will only be held in races where no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the primary.

Preview of the day

The excerpts below were compiled from issue #21 of The Tap, which was published on June 18, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.

Federal

  • FILING DEADLINE: Florida congressional filing deadline
    • The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Marco Rubio (R) is up for election in 2016. Rubio initially planned to not seek re-election due to his presidential campaign, but there has since been speculation that he may seek re-election to his Senate seat. The race is a general election battleground in 2016. Rep. David Jolly announced on June 17 that he would be dropping out of the race to instead seek re-election to the House. Jolly said that he expected Rubio to seek re-election and did not want to run against him.
    • There are 27 U.S. House districts in Florida. The Republican Party holds 17 seats, and Democrats hold the remaining 10.
    • There are two House races currently rated as battlegrounds in 2016: District 18 and District 26. Additionally, three U.S. House seats are expected to flip partisan control due to redistricting: Districts 2, 10, and 13. This would result in a gain of one seat by the Democratic Party.

State

  • FILING DEADLINE: Florida
    • State legislature: Florida has 20 state Senate and 120 state House seats up for election in 2016. Republicans have a 12-seat majority in the Senate and a 42-seat majority in the House. With a Republican governor, Florida is one of 23 Republican state government trifectas. On December 30, 2015, a Florida judge ruled that the state Senate district maps violated anti-gerrymandering laws. The new district maps favor Democrats and give the party a chance to regain a state Senate majority. Out of the 40 Senate districts, 21 districts voted for President Barack Obama (D) in 2012, while only 19 districts voted for Republican Mitt Romney.
  • The South Dakota Republican and Democratic parties will hold conventions to choose candidates for the single state executive office up for election in 2016: public service commissioner. The seat up for election is currently held by Chris Nelson (R), who also serves as chairman of the commission. Nelson announced in February 2016 that he would seek the party nomination to run for another term. All three seats on the commission are currently held by Republicans; South Dakota is one of 23 Republican trifectas.

Local

  • FILING DEADLINE: Deadline to run for local judgeships across the state of Florida. The primary election will be on August 30, 2016, and the general election will be on November 8, 2016. The August primary election will functionally serve as a general election, since the November general election will only be held in races where no candidate won a majority of the vote in the primary.
  • FILING DEADLINE: Deadline to run for 94 school board seats across 38 of Florida’s largest school districts. Five of nine school board seats are up for election in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest of the 38 districts. It served 356,233 students during the 2013-2014 school year. The primary election will be on August 30, 2016, and the general election will be on November 8, 2016. The August primary election will functionally serve as a general election, since the November general election will only be held in races where no candidate won a majority of the vote in the primary.



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