The only unsettled race for Governor is now settled. On December 5, North Carolina Republican Governor Roy McCrory conceded that his Democratic opponent, Roy Cooper, won. Thanks to Election Law Blog for this news.
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On December 5, Jill Stein filed in U.S. District Court to get a Pennsylvania recount. Here is the complaint. The case is Stein v Cortes, 2:16cv-6287.
At the end of the business day on December 5, the only action had been a request by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to intervene in the case.
Shortly after midnight on the night of December 4-5, U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Goldsmith ordered Michigan to begin the recount on December 5.
On Sunday, December 4, Austria held a presidential election. The same election had been held in May 2016 but the results were cancelled because of voting irregularities with postal ballots. However, the new election had the same result as the first election. Alexnaider Van Der Bellen, a member of the Green Party, and formerly chair of the party, was elected. See this story.
Ballot Access News
November 1, 2016 – Volume 32, Number 6
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Table of Contents
- U.S.DISTRICT COURT INVALIDATES ALABAMA 3% PETITION FOR SPECIAL U.S. HOUSE ELECTIONS
- SEVENTH CIRCUIT REMOVES ILLINOIS INDEPENDENT U.S. HOUSE CANDIDATE
- FLORIDA HIGH COURT ORDERS NEW ELECTION BECAUSE CANDIDATE WAS KEPT OFF BALLOT
- DEBATES HEARING SET
- MOST DE LA FUENTE LAWSUITS STILL PENDING
- CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR VETOES TWO ELECTION LAW BILLS
- WEST VIRGINIA DEADLINE WIN
- ARKANSAS INITIATIVE OFF BALLOT FOR ODD REASONS
- MORE LAWSUIT NEWS
- CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS NOMINATE INELIGIBLE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR
- LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT
- BALLOT STATUS FOR PRESIDENT, INCLUDING WRITE-IN STATUS
- EVAN McMULLIN CHOOSES VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
- NEW YORK REFORM PARTY
- DELTA PARTY QUALFIES IN DELAWARE
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL