On November 5, the voters of Easthampton, Massachusetts, approved using ranked choice voting for most city office. Thanks to David Cary for this news.
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The American Independent Party, which is ballot-qualified in California and has its own presidential primary in March 2020, has asked the Secretary of State to list nine presidential candidates on its ballot. Most of them are also seeking the nomination of some other party as well. These candidates will not appear unless they tell the Secretary of State that they want to be on the AIP ballot.
The candidates who are seeking the Republican nomination as well, and which are on the AIP list, are President Donald Trump, William Weld, Joe Walsh, Mark Sanford, and Rocky De La Fuente.
Others on the AIP list are: Phil Collins, who is already the Prohibition Party nominee; Don Blankenship, who is seeking the Constitution Party nomination; J.R. Myers, who is seeking the nomination of his newly-formed Life and Liberty Party; and Tom Hoefling, who was the AIP presidential nominee in 2012.
On November 6, the California Supreme Court heard arguments in Patterson v Padilla, the case concerning the state law that requires presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns. The Court seemed skeptical that the law comports with the California Constitution, which tells the Secretary of State to put all “recognized” candidates on the ballot. See this story.
UPDATE: see this story as well.
Missouri held special elections on November 5, 2019, in six districts. In the 74th district, in Ferguson, the only candidates were a Democrat and a Libertarian. The Libertarian, Nicholas Kasoff, polled 42.7%. He had a fair amount of name recognition based on his previous campaigns for state and county office.
In the 22nd district, in Kansas City, the candidates were a Democrat, a Republican, and a Green, Jeff Francis. Francis polled 7.1%, which is the best showing ever for a Missouri Green Party nominee for federal or state office, in races with both major parties also in the race. Thanks to Ken Bush for this news. Here is a link to the Secretary of State’s election returns.
Mississippi elected all its state officers on November 5, 2019. Here is a link to the gubernatorial returns.