On August 21, the Canadian Leaders’ Debate Commission determined that five parties are invited into the upcoming election debates. The debates will be September 8 and September 9. Parties qualified in three ways: (1) by having elected a member to Parliament in the last general election; (2) by having received 4% of the national vote in the last election; (3) by hitting 4% in a nationwide poll.
Ballotpedia has this useful article about 2022 primary dates, and filing deadlines for candidates running in primaries. Much of the information will probably change, however. The article mentions the March Texas primary but does not mention that will probably change.
On August 20, Texas SB 13 passed the House Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies. This is the bill for a later primary for 2022. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.
On August 20, Roanoke College released a poll for the Virginia gubernatorial election being held on November 2, 2021. The results: McAuliffe, Democrat, 46%; Youngkin, Republican, 38%; Blanding, Liberation, 2%; other 1%; undecided 13%. See question 4a at this link. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
The Texas House now has a quorum, and will meet on Monday, August 23. The House is expected to take up SB 13, to move the 2022 primary to a later date. This will have profound changes for Texas ballot access in 2022. Whenever Texas has moved to a later primary (generally because of late redistricting) ballot access changes significantly for that particular election year. This is because of the primary screen-out, and the law that says petitions can’t circulate until the primary is over. Thanks to Jim Riley for the news about SB 13.
