On June 12, Binghamton, New York city councilmember Dani Cronce said that she had changed her registration from Democratic to Libertarian. She was first elected in 2015. She does not plan to seek re-election in November 2019.
Binghampton has seven city council members, each elected from a district. She represents the Third District. Thanks to Bob Johnston for this news.
Howard Schultz has never declared he would be an independent presidential candidate, but he had said he might, and he had been making public appearances earlier this year. However, he stopped in May 2019, and now has said he stopped because he had medical problems, which are being resolved. See this story. He indicated he still might run, but won’t take any action until September 2019 at the earliest.
On June 12, the Maine House reversed its previous vote and passed LD 816, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. It had been tentatively defeated two weeks earlier. The bill still isn’t through the legislature, even though it had passed the State Senate. There are still some procedural hurdles. Thanks to Dawn Madore-Bourguin for the news.
On June 12, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed SB 870, the National Popular Vote bill.
The New York Conservative Party says it will sue the New York state government to preserve fusion. Although the legislature has not repealed fusion, it did authorize a commission that would have the power to abolish it. See this story. Thanks to Steve Kemp for the link.
