Mark Sanford withdrew from the Republican presidential race on November 13.  Prior to that, the Michigan Secretary of State had determined that he is mentioned in news media and so had listed him on the 2020 Republican presidential primary ballot.

Even though the Michigan Secretary of State’s office is aware that Sanford withdrew, the state will not remove his name from the ballot unless he specifically asks the state to remove him by December 13.  As of November 21, he has not bothered to communicate with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office about that.  Sometimes presidential candidates who withdraw early in the process don’t exert the energy to contact states and ask them to remove their name.

Sanford’s name is not on the presidential primary ballot of any other state.

On November 20, thirty-nine Democratic state legislators from New York sent a letter to the Commission on Public Funding.  The letter asks the Commission to only recommend changes to the campaign finance laws.

The Commission has recently shown interest in making it more difficult for groups to qualify as political parties, which was not their mandate.  The Commission’s recommendations will become law unless the legislature re-convenes in December 2019 and vetoes them.

Two law professors have each filed an amicus brief in Colorado Department of State v Baca.

Here is the amicus of Law Professor Robert M. Hardaway, who says the Tenth Circuit decision is wrong.

Here is the amicus of Law Professor Michael T. Morley, who says the U.S. Supreme Court should summarily rule that the Tenth Circuit opinion is void because it had procedural flaws.  That would leave the issue of disobedient electors unresolved.