Shiva Ayyadurai wasn't on the ballot this November, but he still got 21,134 write-in votes for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) easily won re-election with 66.2 percent of the vote to Dover attorney and Republican Kevin O'Connor's 33.0 percent. The remaining 0.8 percent of the vote? Of it, 0.6 percent went to Ayyadurai, and the other 0.2 percent went to various write-ins, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's web site.
New York state's coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings to 25 in some circumstances and 10 in others violate the federal constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday night.
The court issued the 5-4 decision shortly before midnight. New Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the four conservatives on the court, with sometime-swing-voter Chief Justice John Roberts joining the three liberals.
