The December 7 deadline for British Columbia voters to send in their mail ballots is about to pass. Probably the results will be known on December 8. See this story.
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On December 21, the Connecticut Supreme Court will hear a case over the election for State Representative, 120th district. In one town in the district, 75 voters were given a ballot for another district, and the outcome of the race is separate by only 13 votes. See this story.
On December 7, U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris issued an opinion in Lyman v Baker, 1:18cv-10327. She upheld the Massachusetts system of electing presidential electors, on an at-large basis. Here is the 23-page opinion.
On December 6, the Ohio Election Commission dismissed complaints from the Libertarian and Green Party candidates for Governor, over their exclusion from debates this year. See this story.
Final Utah election returns show that Proposition Four, setting up an independent redistricting commission for U.S. House and state legislative boundaries, passed with 50.3% of the vote. The final tally is: yes 512,218; no 505,274.
The measure failed in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties. It passed only in Carbon, Grand, Salt Lake, and Summit Counties. Grand and Summit Counties are the most Democratic Party-supporting counties in the state. They are the only two counties that voted in favor of the 2018 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate (Jenny Wilson) against Republican nominee Mitt Romney.