According to this story, Republican Party national officials are monitorning the social media used by Republican presidential electors, looking for any sign of rebellion.
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Forensic tests have confirmed that Illinois Green Party activist Rob Sherman died while piloting his own plane. Until the tests were held, it was known that someone piloting Sherman’s plane had died, but there had been no certainty that Sherman himself was the pilot. See this story. He was one of the two U.S. House candidates for the party in last month’s election.
Many Illinois Greens did not approve of some of his political activities. He was responsible for removing the Constitution Party, and the Socialist Party, from the Illinois ballot petition in both 2012 and 2016.
On December 6, Oklahoma State Senator J. J. Dossett (D-Owasso) introduced SB 6, to abolish the straight-ticket device. Here is the bill. Thanks to Richard Prawdzienski for the news.
No Republican ran for Attorney General of Washington state this year, so the only two candidates on the ballot were Democrat Bob Ferguson and Libertarian Joshua Trumbull. Trumbull carried two counties, both in northeastern Washington. He carried Stevens County with 52.79% and Lincoln County with 52.74%.
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila, who is handling the California lawsuit over whether presidential electors must vote for the candidates they are expected to vote for, wants all the briefs filed by December 14. The case is Koller v Brown, in the northern district. Davila is an Obama appointee.