On June 7, a Georgia state trial court heard oral arguments and witnesses in a case that challenges the state’s vote-counting machines. Here is a description of the testimony of witnesses on both sides, written by Garland Favorito, who was at the hearing. The machines have no audit trail.
The election returns probably won’t be known until 4 a.m. London time, but British exit polls suggest that no party got a majority of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.
The June 8 Portland (Maine) Press Herald has this editorial, asking the legislature to make it possible to implement ranked choice voting by amending the Maine Constitution. Thanks to IVN for the link.
On June 7 and June 8, Maine LD 1571 passed second reading in both houses of the legislature. The bill says a newly-qualifying party has two elections, not just one, to satisfy the requirements to remain on the ballot. It also slightly improves the deadline for a newly-qualifying party, from December of the year before the election, to January of the election year.
The United Utah Party will hold its first state convention on June 17, in Draper, to select party officers and also to select a nominee for the special election for U.S. House. See this story, which says that if the state elections office won’t recognize the nomination, the party will sue.
