A witness requirement was waived for COVID-19 reasons as the government in Rhode Island agreed to a consent decree on the matter. This settled it for (one assumes) Roberts at least with the High Federalists still wanting the Republicans to have a stay. The difference, the Court actually explaining themselves a bit, is that the state wasn't challenging. Meanwhile, not clear if the Biden Administration would take the same approach in a case that required an amicus.
Puerto Rico had trouble in its local primary, requiring another try. And, Alaska, Florida (House alone) and Wyoming had congressional primaries. Plus local ones; Alaska has a little wrinkle where Democrats and Independents welcome all comers while Republicans only welcome their own and undeclared/non-partisan. As before, the final results might take time to arrive. We shall see how that works in November. Also, some of these races have a lot of candidates. This is where a form of instant run-off voting would be a logical move.
First, the Democratic National Convention (virtual) started on Monday night. There is some grumbling that a convention doesn't even make make sense any more, at least this year. I think it useful to have a chance for various campaign types to have a chance to meet together, even if it is virtually. The first night was a bit hokey but had some touching moments. I think it was fine to toss in Kasich -- yeah, you need to bring in independents and Republicans (Susan Molinari? wow -- flash from the past; pol from Staten Island). It was just a moment after all. Michelle Obama had a great speech with a "vote" necklace on.
Here's some coverage of the New York delegates. One political website estimates the split in New York is 220/54, between Biden and Sanders, other delegate count sites delaying a final count. There are also those two delegates in NJ. Finally, it looks like Biden received all the delegates from Connecticut. And, here's a bit of a surprise -- in Connecticut, with 90% or so of the precincts reporting, Trump actually has less than half of the votes! Over 35% of the vote is uncommitted, another 15% or so for the perennial Roque guy. Around 147K votes so far. Good for those voters.
And, the latest is Cindy McCain will endorse Biden.
ETA: Tuesday had a fun role call and basically it seemed that only Biden and Sanders had delegates, plus they did not match the estimated or whatever breakdowns. This is partially since superdelegates (who were included on the first ballot) were mixed in, but perhaps other things. Sanders, to take an example, had a delegate from D.C. now. Also, no Bloomberg from Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico had trouble in its local primary, requiring another try. And, Alaska, Florida (House alone) and Wyoming had congressional primaries. Plus local ones; Alaska has a little wrinkle where Democrats and Independents welcome all comers while Republicans only welcome their own and undeclared/non-partisan. As before, the final results might take time to arrive. We shall see how that works in November. Also, some of these races have a lot of candidates. This is where a form of instant run-off voting would be a logical move.
First, the Democratic National Convention (virtual) started on Monday night. There is some grumbling that a convention doesn't even make make sense any more, at least this year. I think it useful to have a chance for various campaign types to have a chance to meet together, even if it is virtually. The first night was a bit hokey but had some touching moments. I think it was fine to toss in Kasich -- yeah, you need to bring in independents and Republicans (Susan Molinari? wow -- flash from the past; pol from Staten Island). It was just a moment after all. Michelle Obama had a great speech with a "vote" necklace on.
Here's some coverage of the New York delegates. One political website estimates the split in New York is 220/54, between Biden and Sanders, other delegate count sites delaying a final count. There are also those two delegates in NJ. Finally, it looks like Biden received all the delegates from Connecticut. And, here's a bit of a surprise -- in Connecticut, with 90% or so of the precincts reporting, Trump actually has less than half of the votes! Over 35% of the vote is uncommitted, another 15% or so for the perennial Roque guy. Around 147K votes so far. Good for those voters.
And, the latest is Cindy McCain will endorse Biden.
ETA: Tuesday had a fun role call and basically it seemed that only Biden and Sanders had delegates, plus they did not match the estimated or whatever breakdowns. This is partially since superdelegates (who were included on the first ballot) were mixed in, but perhaps other things. Sanders, to take an example, had a delegate from D.C. now. Also, no Bloomberg from Puerto Rico.
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