On February 2, the Mississippi House Apportionment and Elections Committee killed HB 1183, which would have let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector.
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The office of the New York State Board of Elections has closed for the week, and the election returns for the 22nd U.S. House seat are still not posted to the Board’s website, even though employees of the board had said they would be posted by now.
On February 12, the Federal Election Commission filed this brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Level the Playing Field v FEC, 20-649. This is the lawsuit over who can be included in general election presidential debates.
On February 8, dozens of major party candidates for New York local office filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court, to seek relief from collecting signatures to get on the primary ballots this year. Here is the Complaint. Williams v Cuomo, State Supreme Court, Manhattan. Thanks to Mike Schaefer for this news.
On February 11, the New Hampshire Senate defeated SB 80, which would have set up an independent redistricting committee to draw U.S. House, legislative, and other districts. All Republicans voted against the bill and all Democrats voted for it. The vote was 14-11.