This Detroit Free Press article says that Michigan’s Republican Governor, Rick Snyder, and key Republican legislative leaders, refused to disavoy the idea that the Republican-majority legislature might pass a bill, letting each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.

The article should have mentioned that Michigan has a referendum process, and if such a bill passed, the Democratic Party of Michigan and its allies are capable to qualifying a referendum vote on the bill.

As noted on January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that challenges Ohio’s law that makes it illegal to make a false statement in an election campaign. According to this Columbus Dispatch story, in the recent past, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has said in legal briefs that the Ohio law has constitutional problems. Yet, now it is his duty to defend the law. It is conceivable that the 2014 legislature might repeal or amend the law before the case is heard, however. Probably the U.S. Supreme Court hearing will be in April 2014.

Republican Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia is retiring, so his 10th district seat is open this year. The Republican Party’s 10th Congressional District Committee will decide on January 23 whether to nominate someone this year by convention or by primary. See this story.