New Mexico PBS is sponsoring a U.S. Senate debate, and has invited all three candidates on the ballot, the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian nominees. Thanks to Rick Lass for the link.
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New Zealand held a parliamentary election on October 17. The incumbent Labour Party won overwhelmingly. Five parties elected members of the national legislative body. See this wikipedia article. The results are toward the end. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
This story says that support for Ricky Harrington is growing, as a result of the hour interview on the Public Broadcasting stations in Arkansas. PBS wanted debates, and did sponsor inclusive debates for the U.S. House races in Arkansas. But in the U.S. Senate race, Cotton refused to participate, so PBS gave the entire hour to Harrington. Harrington is the Libertarian nominee. There is no Democrat in the race. Thanks to Liam Callahan for the link.
According to this story, several Democratic Party legislators in New York, along with some Democratic Party elected officials in New York city, are asking voters to vote for Joe Biden on the Working Families line, instead of the Democratic line. These Democrats are friends of the Working Families Party, which will go off the ballot under the new vote test unless the party polls 2% of the total presidential vote in New York.
On October 16, Congresswoman Angela Craig of Minnesota filed this brief in her lawsuit against the Minnesota law that says the 2nd district, U.S. House, election should be postponed to February 9 because of the death of the Legal Marijuana Now Party nominee. Craig v Simon, 20-3126. Congresswoman won in the U.S. District Court; she wants to election on November 3.