The United States Election Project has revised its estimates of turnout in each state in the November 2014 election. Here is the link to the latest data. The data was last revised on December 4.
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The Virginia Republican 24th Senate District Committee has sent a letter to the Virginia Board of Elections, requesting that the Board let the party nominate for State Senate in this district in 2015 by convention, even if the incumbent Republican State Senator in that district wants a primary. See this story.
Virginia election law is unique in the nation, regarding how major parties nominate. All qualified parties are free to choose to nominate by convention or primary. However, if the party has an incumbent running for re-election, the incumbent has the power to oveerride the party’s wishes and determine the method of nomination. The 24th Senate District Republican Committee argues that law is unconstitutional and seems to hint it will sue if the Board disregards its wishes.
Four states still haven’t quite finished tabulating votes from the November 4, 2014 election. California will finish by close of business December 5. New York will finish by December 15. Ohio doesn’t know when it will be finished, but estimates in a week from today. Texas will be finished December 5. The last state to finish is Oregon, which posted its results on December 4.
Of course, in some states, recounts for particular offices are proceeding.
Tim Utz, the Constitution Party nominee for a Minnesota state legislative race, is paying $2,100 to have the votes recounted in his race, even though the original results show that he did not come close to winning. See this story. It is likely that Utz doesn’t really believe he might have won, but that he is testing the system. The recount may show that the original count was accurate, or conceivably it could show that it wasn’t accurate.
Alaska state law says that the Public Offices Commission, which regulates campaign finance, is to have five members. Four of them are chosen by the two parties that place first and second in the gubernatorial vote. Because Democrats didn’t have any gubernatorial nominee last month, the four commissioners appointed by the two “largest” parties will be chosen by the Republican Party and the Libertarian Party. See this story. Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for the link.