Every day, at the end of the day, the Washington Secretary of State updates the vote count from the August 7 primary. Here is a link to the returns. As of close of business on Thursday, August 16, the Libertarian, Brian Luke, is still in second place. He is ahead of Gary Franco, an independent, by 69 votes.
Joseph Stallcop, one of the three Libertarian state legislators, moved out of his district, so he has resigned from the legislature. See this story. Stallcop, 22, recently graduated from college and found employment, but that meant he had to move. It is not uncommon for New Hampshire legislators to resign in the middle of their terms. The article says six have done so since the last election.
On August 16, Michigan’s Secretary of State filed this brief in Graveline v Johnson, e.d., 2:18cv-12354. This is the case in which Chris Graveline, an independent candidate for Attorney General, challenges the number of signatures and the petition deadline. No one has completed the Michigan statewide independent petition since it was created in 1988, except for two independent candidates for president, Ross Perot in 1992 and Ralph Nader in 2004.
Unite America, formerly called Centrist Project, holds its first national meeting August 17-19 in Denver. Here is the agenda.
Congressmember Grace Meng (D-New York) has introduced HJR 138, which would lower the voting age to sixteen. See this story. Thanks to Electionline for the news.
Meng represents central Queens, and was first elected to Congress in 2012.
