In some states, legislators are already introducing bills for the 2017 session, even though no state legislature has yet convened. Montana Representative Ellie Hill (D-Missoula) has introduce a bill to have Montana join the National Popular Vote Compact. See this story.
On Tuesday, November 15, the national vote total shows that Hillary Clinton now has a popular vote margin of more than one million votes above Donald Trump. See the Cook Report. It also shows that the “other” vote has surpassed 5%. Thanks to the Election Law Blog for the link.
On November 15, Donald Trump said he favors the existing operation of the electoral college, even though on Sunday evening on television he had said the opposite. See this story.
On November 15, he said that the existing systems protects the small states. This is ironic, because Trump carried seven of the ten most populous states. Among the states with at least 15 electoral votes, Trump carried Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina. By contrast, Hillary Clinton only carried California, New York, and Illinois.
Last week, the voters of Franklin County, Alabama, elected an independent to the post of County Superintendent of Education. He is Greg Hamilton, and he defeated Republican and Democratic opponents. This article explains how he did it. He had to overcome the straight-ticket device.
Franklin County is in northwest Alabama and has a population of 31,000.
If one reads to the bottom half of this Politico article, one reads that on November 15, a Republican presidential elector in Texas said he may not vote for Donald Trump on December 19. His name is Art Sisneros.
