According to this article, Jason Gonzales will ask a U.S. District Court Judge for a rehearing in his lawsuit, alleging that Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan recruited sham candidates in the 2016 Democratic primary in which the two men were competitors for the Democratic nomination for State House.
UPDATE: see this commentary by Elie Mystal, on “Above the Law”, criticizing the decision.
According to this story on Independent Political Report, the Prohibition Party national committee met on August 24 and chose Phil Collins for president and Billy Joe Parker for vice-president.
Late on August 26, the Maine Senate passed LD 1083, which says the state will use ranked choice voting for president, both in presidential primaries and in the general election. The bill now goes to the Governor. Thanks to Rob Richie for this news.
Lyle Denniston, a scholar of the U.S. Supreme Court, writes here about Baca v Griswold, the Tenth Circuit decision from August 21 on presidential electors. He says Colorado state officials say they haven’t decided whether or not to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. But, as he notes, the Washington state case is on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Manchester Ink Link, an on-line news source for Manchester, New Hampshire, finds it newsworthy that Nicholas Sarwark, national chair of the Libertarian Party, has moved from Arizona into Manchester.
