Roll Call has this in-depth report on the federal law on how Congress is supposed to count electoral votes when various officials in a particular state submit two sets of returns that conflict with each other. Thanks to Howard Bashman for the link.
Montana held primaries on June 2 for the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties. The Libertarian Party is also on the ballot, but it had no contests so the state didn’t print Libertarian primary ballots.
The Green Party primary for U.S. Senate had two candidates, Wendie Fredrickson and Dennis Daneke. The Montana Green Party considers both of them non-members and didn’t want to have any nominee for Senate. Fredrickson won the primary by two-to-one. It is thought that Fredrickson is a sympathizer of the Republican Party, and it is known that Daneke is a supporter of the Democratic Party. Daneke had said if he won the primary, he would withdraw, because he supports the Democratic nominee. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s website, showing the election returns.
On June 2, New Mexico held primaries for the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties, including a presidential primary for each. Jo Jorgensen won the Libertarian presidential primary. See all the results at this link to the Secretary of State’s web page.
On June 2, the Arkansas Secretary of State appealed Miller v Thurston, w.d., 5:20cv-5070. This is the case in which the U.S. District Court had given ballot access relief to proponents of initiatives. Also on June 2, the U.S. District Court refused to stay its own opinion. Here is the 8-page Opinion in which the U.S. District Court explains why it is not staying its own opinion.
In the 8th circuit, the case is 20-2095.
On June 2, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper refused to say that the Republican national convention will be permitted to convene under traditional habits for national conventions. See this Politico story. In the meantime, Republicans are reportedly looking at Nashville as an alternate site. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
