Bob Brown was a Republican member of the Montana legislature for 27 years, ending his legislative career as leader of the State Senate. He was the Secretary of State 2000-2004, and was the Republican nominee for Governor in 2004. He writes here that if John Kasich were an independent candidate for President in 2020, Kasich would have Brown’s support.
The state trial court that is hearing the Montana Democratic Party challenge to the Green Party petition will hold a third trial day on May 17, Thursday.
U.S. District Court Judge Jon Levy will hear Maine Republican Party v Dunlap on May 23, Wednesday, at 2 pm. This is the case in which the Republican Party says it does not wish to use ranked choice voting for its own primary, which is being held on June 12.
Last year, some Georgia voters filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia’s Secretary of State, alleging that the state’s vote-counting machines, which have no paper audit trail, are inherenty unreliable. Recently the plaintiffs received the assistance of some of the nation’s most prominent law firms. See this story.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg will probably soon allow a trial, in which the machines will be brought into court and experts on both sides will discuss how they work and how they could perhaps provide a dishonest count. The case is Curling v Kemp, n.d., 1:17cv-2989. Garland Favorito, a leader of the Constitution Party, is one of the plaintiffs.
The Connecticut Senate passed HB 5421 on May 5, Saturday. The bill had passed the House on April 26. This is the first state legislature that has passed the plan since before the 2016 election. Governor Dannel P. Malloy has already said he will sign the bill.
The Senate vote was 21-14. All the Democrats, and three Republicans, voted for it.
