The November 27 edition of the Los Angeles Times has this analysis by John Myers of the California experience with top-two primaries. Thanks to Jan Tucker for the link.
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Here are the presidential vote tallies as of Saturday, November 26: David Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas is here.
Here is the Cook Political Report tally, which seems not quite as up-to-date as the Election Atlas.
The attorney for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Marc Elias, here indicates the Clinton campaign will participate in the Wisconsin recount. He says if Jill Stein proceeds in Michigan and Pennsylvania, the Clinton campaign will participate in those recounts as well. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
The Nevada Green Party has decided not to pursue its Nevada ballot access lawsuit. The case had been filed August 16, 2016. The issue was the early June petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties. The party had failed to win injunctive relief, and thus Jill Stein did not appear on the Nevada ballot. Part of the reason the party did not win injunctive relief was that the case had been filed so late.
The case has been dismissed without prejudice, which means if anyone, including the Green Party, files a future case on the same issue, the matter is considered open and unsettled.
The Nevada petition deadline for independent presidential candidates is in July, so it seems there is no real state interest in requiring the party petition to be in June. New parties in Nevada nominate by convention, not primary.
Jill Stein has been featured in so many news stories for the last four days, one wonders if she isn’t getting more publicity now than during the presidential campaign. The Election Law Blog, which had little occasion to mention her before the election, has had several posts about her this week. Here is a Fox News story about her from November 25.
This interview with attorney John Bonifaz, a long-time electoral reformer, explains why recount supporters believe the recount is worthwhile. Also see this Alternet story about the status of the recount requests in each state.