National Public Radio has this story about plans by the National Popular Vote organization to expand the number of states in 2021 that have signed on to the compact. Thanks to Mike Drucker for the link.
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The Michigan Democratic Party presidential electors will receive an armed police escort on December 14, when they travel to the state capitol. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
On December 11, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas does not have standing to challenge the election returns of four other states. Here is the one-page ruling. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Professor Michael P. McDonald, the nation’s leading authority on voter turnout, estimates that 66.3% of the eligible voters cast a ballot last month. That is the highest turnout since 1900. Here are his state-by-state figures for 2020, at electproject.org.
This year, New York city is scheduled to use ranked choice voting for primaries for city office. However, on December 8, some New York city councilmembers filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court to delay RCV. They say the city has not yet done enough to educate voters on how to use it. Here is the Complaint in Adams v City of New York, 160662/2020, New York County Supreme Court.