On October 27, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to stay the decision of the 8th circuit in Minnesota in Craig v Simon, 20A73. This is the case in which state law said the election for U.S. House, 2nd district, should be delayed until February 9, 2021, because a major party nominee had died shortly before the election. The lower federal courts ruled that the Minnesota state law probably conflicts with the 1872 federal law that tells the states to hold congressional elections in November of even-numbered years.

Justice Gorsuch made the decision himself, without referring the matter to the other justices.

The Jackson Hole New & Guide has this fairly lengthy story about the presidential debate held in Cheyenne, Wyoming on October 24.

On October 27, the Institute for Government Affairs released this poll for president in California. Even though the respondents weren’t asked about any particular third party presidential candidate, the results are: Biden 65%, Trump 29%, other/undecided 6%. Generally when pollsters mention particular alternative candidates to respondents, the share of the vote for alternates goes up, compared to polls that just ask about “other.”

In November 2016, the “other” vote in California for president was 6.65%.