On August 26, Helen Gym, a Democratic member of the Philadelphia city council, endorsed one of the Working Families nominees for that same office. The election is November 5, 2019. Philadelphia uses limited voting, so that even though seven seats are being filled, no party may run more than five nominees. Everyone expects that the five Democrats will all win, so the only real suspense is whether a Republican or a Working Families Party wins one of the remaining seats. Nevertheless, not all Democratic peers of Councilmember Gym are pleased with her action. See this story.

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.

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.