Here is the Sussex County, New Jersey, sample ballot for November 2, 2021, for Governor. It clearly shows the “Green”, “Libertarian” and “Socialist Workers” labels. The word “independent” does not appear on the ballot in connection with anyone running for Governor.
The New York Times has this link to the New Jersey gubernatorial race, although the party labels are incorrect. The New Jersey ballots correctly label Hoffman as the Green Party nominee, Mele as the Libertarian nominee, and Kuniansky as the Socialist Workers Party nominee. But the New York Times has them all labelled “independent.” UPDATE: the newspaper has corrected its website and now shows the party labels.
According to this article, over 60% of the Buffalo voters cast a write-in vote for Mayor, which strongly suggests that Byron Brown, the main write-in candidate, has been elected.
The Virginia State Board of Elections website has unofficial election returns, which of course are changing constantly. See here.
Pennsylvania Representative Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) will soon introduce a bill to move the 2022 primary from May to August 2. Here is the text. If the bill passed, it would have no effect on the filing deadline for minor party and independent candidates, whose petitions are due August 1.
