Congressmembers Rodney Davis (R-Illinois) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Virginia) have introduced a bill to set up a commission of constitutional scholars, to make recommendations for what should be done if no one gets an electoral college majority, and then one of the three candidates being considered for the presidency by the U.S. House dies before the House votes. Here is the text. It doesn’t have a bill number yet.

There are many problems with the U.S. presidential selection process, but most of them have answers. But the scenario mentioned in the bill has no guidelines whatsoever. However, the possibility of no one getting a majority in the electoral college, and then one of the three top candidates dies before the U.S. House votes, seems extremely unlikely. Ever since the 12th amendment passed in 1804, we have only had one presidential election in which no one got a majority of the electoral vote, after disputes about the proper electoral vote count had been settled. Thanks to Election Law Blog for this news.

On July 23, the proponents of a local Ohio initiative filed this brief in the Ohio Supreme Court. State ex rel Schmitt v Bridgeport. The issue is the failure of the Bridgeport clerk to accept their initiative petition, which concerns marijuana enforcement.

Buffalo, New York, elects a Mayor on November 2, 2021. Several television stations have agreed to host and broadcast a debate on October 12, even though the incumbent, Mayor Byron Brown, is only a write-in candidate. See this story. The Democratic nominee, India Walton, has not yet agreed to participate in the proposed debate.