Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine has this interview with Lincoln Chafee.
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Last month George Will had this op-ed published in many newspapers. It says that clearly the U.S. Constitution does not permit the states to tell presidential electors whom to vote for. The U.S. Supreme Court has the two “faithless electors” cases on its conference of January 10.
On January 6, the Washington State Republican Party told the Secretary of State to list President Donald Trump, and no one else, on its presidential primary ballot. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news.
On January 6, the Washington state Democratic Party told the Secretary of State to list thirteen presidential candidates: Mike Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang. Thanks to Steve Kamp for this news. The list is not yet on the Secretary of State’s web page.
Although Ballot Access News covered Pennsylvania Senate Bill 421 late last year, B.A.N. did not previously report that the bill, which was signed into law on October 31, 2019, repealed the law requiring petitions to be notarized.
The notarization requirement had been held unconstitutional a few years ago, but it is rare for the Pennsylvania legislature to amend an election law that has been held unconstitutional. For example, the May petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties was struck down in 1984, but the legislature has never amended the law to reflect that the actual deadline is August 1, per the court action.