An amicus curiae brief, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah Republican Party v Cox, has been filed by some minor parties, along with other groups, including the Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE). The brief is also joined by the Utah Native American caucus (which contains eleven legislators from both major parties), and the Idaho Republican Party.

The minor parties who signed the brief are the Green Party, the Constitution Party, and the American Independent Party. Also these state Libertarian Parties joined: California, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Here is the brief.

Another amicus has been filed by Judicial Watch. See it here.

Yet another amicus has been filed by Eagle Forum Legal Defense Fund. See it here.

The next event in this case will be when the U.S. Supreme Court sets a conference date. Also, the Court may then ask the state to respond.

Four Republican members of congress have filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450. The brief depends on political science research and has an interesting history of how political parties in the U.S. have nominated, all throughout history. The two U.S. Senators are Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas. The two U.S. House members are Paul Labrador of Idaho and Rob Bishop of Utah.

On November 15, Maine finished the Ranked Choice second round of counting in the U.S. House, 2nd district, race. Democrat Jared Golden won the election, defeating incumbent Republican Bruce Poliquin. The first choice votes favored Poliquin, but after the voters who had voted for one of the two independent candidates had their second or third choices counted, the results changed. Over 7% of the voters had given the independent candidates their first choice vote.