This New York Times article lists each state, and gives information about when the bulk of that state’s vote will be public knowledge.
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On October 30, the California Secretary of State released new registration data. This is the last tally California will provide until January 2022.
The new percentages, as of October 19, 2020, are: Democratic 46.13%; Republican 24.19%; American Independent 2.93%; Libertarian .89%; Peace & Freedom .469%; Green .385%; Common Sense .04%; independent, unknown, and miscellaneous 24.95%.
At the last tally, which was from September 4, 2020, the percentages were: Democratic 46.42%; Republican 24.16%; American Independent 2.90%; Libertarian .87%; Peace & Freedom .471%; Green .383%; Common Sense .05%; independent, unknown, and miscellaneous 24.74%.
The Houston, Texas charter says no one may circulate a city initiative petition who is not a resident and registered voter in the city. On October 23, the Fifth Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court and reinstated a lawsuit filed by Trent Pool in 2019 against the residency/registration requirement. Pool v City of Houston, 19-20828.
The decision is by Judge Gregg Costa, an Obama appointee. It is also signed by Judge James E. Graves, an Obama appointee; and Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt, a Bush Jr. appointee. The city had admitted the law is unconstitutional but claimed that Pool didn’t have standing and also that the case is moot. But the Fifth Circuit pointed out that the petition form still says circulators must be eligible to sign their own petition, so it sent the case back to the U.S. District Court with instructions that there is no standing or mootness problem with the lawsuit. Here is the eleven-page opinion.
Oliver Hall, founder and general counsel to the Center for Competitive Democracy, here makes the case that Ralph Nader’s presence on the ballot in Florida in 2000 did not necessarily cause Al Gore to lose Florida. Immediately after clicking on the link, it is necessary to then click again, anywhere on the article itself, to prevent it from fading away.
On October 26, both U.S. Senators from New York, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, asked voters to vote for Joe Biden on the Working Families line, not the Democratic line. See this story.
In related news, on October 27, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both criticized the New York Democratic Party for putting out a campaign brochure that shows pictures of them. The brochure asks voters to vote for Democrats on the Democratic line. Senators Warren and Sanders say they did not give permission to have their pictures on that brochure, and repeated that they want voters to vote for Joe Biden on the WFP line. See this story.