Newly-elected Arizona State Senator Kelly Townsend introduced SCR 1002 on her first day in office, January 6, 2021. It says that because the November election vote returns are not correct, the legislature is appointing the Republican slate of presidential elector candidates. Here is the text.
Before this year, she was an Arizona State Representative, and was the majority whip. See this story about her bill.
Although state legislatures are barely beginning to work, in at least eight states bills have been introduced for the National Popular Vote Plan. They are Florida (HB 39), Kansas (HB 2002), Minnesota (SF 18), Missouri (HB 267), Pennsylvania (HB 2922), South Carolina (HB 3187), Texas (SB 130), and Virginia (SB 1101).
Of these eight states, the only one with a Democratic majority in each house of the legislature is Virginia. Virginia also has a Democratic Governor. Thanks to John Koza for the list of bills.
Here is a link to the official Guam election returns for November 3, 2020. Scroll down to the bottom to see the vote for president:
Biden 14,610 (Democrat)
Trump 11,058 (Republican)
Hawkins 185 (Green)
Jorgensen 169 (Libertarian)
Hunter 140 (Progressive)
Carroll 138 (American Solidarity)
Collins 83 (Prohibition)
Guam has no electoral votes, so this vote is simply an expression of public opinion. Guam is the only U.S. possession that always has a popular vote for president. It started doing this in 1980.
HR 51, introduced January 4, 2021, would make most of the District of Columbia a state. As of January 9, it has 204 co-sponsors. The bill has been referred to two different committees. Generally when a bill gets assigned to a committee, that is a sign it is about to move ahead.
On January 8, a New York state trial court issued a ruling in Tenney v Oswego County Board of Elections, a lawsuit over the correct tally of votes in the 22nd U.S. House district of New York. The ruling says that some of the county election boards must do more work before they can certify their votes in this election. The ruling says that recounts may be needed in some counties. Here is the decision in Tenney v Oswego Co. Board of Elections, EFC 2020-1376.
Thus the New York 22nd district remains without a member of Congress so far. Tenney appealed the order. Thanks to Joe Burns for the link.
