On February 26, the Fifth Circuit upheld the Texas law that says presidential electors should be chosen at-large. League of United Latin American Citizens v Abbott, 19-50214. There are three similar cases pending against at-large election of electors in other states. This is the first decision in any of those four cases to emerge from a U.S. Court of Appeals. The other cases are in California, South Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Here is the eleven-page opinion, which seems scholarly, dispassionate, and fair. Thanks to DemoRep for the link.

On February 26, the New York State Board of Elections updated its list of presidential primary filings. The deadline is March 2.

So far, these Democrats are on the Democratic primary ballot: Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang.

These Republicans are on: President Donald Trump, Rocky De La Fuente, Joe Walsh, and Bill Weld.

These Libertarians are on: Ken Armstrong, Dan Behrman, Lincoln Chafee, Jacob Hornberger, Adam Kokesh, Sam Robb, and Vermin Supreme.

On February 25, the Virginia Senate Privileges & Elections Committee voted to postpone consideration of HB 177 until 2021, the second year of the two-year legislative session. The bill had already passed the House. HB 177 is the National Popular Vote Plan bill.