The U.S. Supreme Court heard both cases on the electoral college on the morning of May 13. Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to feel that the court should not decide the issue, because of a technicality. But assuming the court does decide the issue, it seems somewhat more likely that the court will rule against presidential elector autonomy and in favor of the states of Washington and Colorado.
Here is a link to the special election returns for the 25th U.S. House district in California. There is only one Republican and one Democrat on the ballot. The election was May 13.
On May 12, Bernie Sanders filed this amicus curiae brief in Yang v Kellner, 20-1494, second circuit. This is the case over whether New York should hold a presidential primary on June 23. Sanders wants a primary.
On May 7, the Montana Secretary of State relaxed the requirement that initiative petition sheets need to be notarized. The ruling says initiative petition blanks can be e-mailed to anyone who wants one. The recipient can then print the petition, as well as second verification form, and can sign both and return it to the initiative sponsor. Here is the ruling.
On May 11, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont cut the number of signatures for candidate petitions to 70% of the normal requirement. He also extsended the deadline by two days. The order applies both to primary petitions and general election petitions.
For general election petitions for president, this cuts the number from 7,500 to 5,250. The deadline moves from August 5 to August 7.
The order also suspends the need for notarization of petition sheets. Thanks to several people for this news.
The Libertarian and Green Parties were already on the ballot for president, which is the only statewide race up this year. But it affects most of their nominees for U.S. House and legislature and local partisan office. The Secretary of State had recommended that the Governor also say that if a party is on the ballot for at least one statewide race, then it is on for all partisan office this year. But the Governor did not promulgate that idea. This is especially disappointing to the Working Families Party and the Independent Party, which are on for most statewide offices, but not president.
