The Library of Congress has accepted the archives of David Nolan, who was the primary founder of the Libertarian Party. Congressman John R. Curtis (R-Utah), as a representative of the Library, accepted the papers on July 16 at a ceremony at the home of Joseph and Cindy Buchman, who digitized the collection. Eventually the public will be able to see the collection.
Buffalo, New York, elects a Mayor on November 2, 2021. Several television stations have agreed to host and broadcast a debate on October 12, even though the incumbent, Mayor Byron Brown, is only a write-in candidate. See this story. The Democratic nominee, India Walton, has not yet agreed to participate in the proposed debate.
As reported previously, Congressmember Brendan Boyle has introduced a measure in Congress to require that the Speaker be an elected member of the House. It is H.Res.537, which can be read here.
Kim Guadagno, who was the New Jersey Republican nominee for Governor in 2017, changed her registration from “Republican” to “independent” on July 19. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
As a result of the decision in Elder v Weber on July 21, the California Secretary of State has added two more candidates for Governor to the September 14 ballot, Joe Symmon and Kevin Kaul. They had been kept off earlier because they didn’t submit their income tax returns, but the decision says that the law on income tax disclosure does not apply to recall elections, so there was no longer any basis to keep them off the ballot. Also the Secretary of State added Rhonda Furin after determining that her petition did have enough signatures.
Kevin Faulconer, former mayor of San Diego, lost his case on July 21 over his occupational label. The law says only current occupations can be printed on the ballot next to the name of candidates, but Faulconer still tried to persuade a court to list him as the former Mayor of San Diego, but he did not prevail.
