The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives has now published “Statistics of the Presidential & Congressional Election of November 3, 2020” in booklet form. It is 79 pages. Anyone may receive a free copy by phoning 202-226-5200.
The Clerk has been publishing similar books for 100 years now, every two years.
On April 21, the Texas House Elections Committee passed HB 1987, which is authored by Representative Cody Vasut (R-Angleton). It says that a party chair cannot be a candidate for elective office, or an office-holder. The vote was 5-4.
The bill would be unconstitutional under Eu v San Francisco County Central Committee, 489 US 214 (1989). That unanimous decision strikes down California laws on who can be a state party chairperson, under Freedom of Association. Furthermore, as to congressional candidates, the bill would violate the U.S. Supreme Court decision U.S. Term Limits v Thornton, which says states can’t add to the qualifications for congressional candidates. Thanks to Jim Riley for the news about the bill.
Virginia U.S. House member Don Beyer will re-introduce his Fair Representation Act next month. He has introduced it before. It requires multi-winner U.S. House districts, ranked choice voting for congressional elections, and independent redistricting commission in every state, for drawing U.S. House districts.
On April 22, the U.S. House passed HR 51, the bill to make almost all of the District of Columbia a state. The vote was completely party-line.
On April 21, the Salt Lake City city council voted to use ranked choice voting in future elections for city office. See this story.
