Tunisia held a presidential election on September 15, 2019. Just prior to that election, presidential debates were held over three days, with all 26 candidates on the ballot invited into at least one debate. At the election, no one polled as much as 50%, so a runoff was held October 13. At the runoff, one of the independent candidates, Kais Saief, was elected. See the wikipedia article about the election.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this article about the Georgia restrictions on U.S. House candidates, and that the Libertarian Party has asked the Eleventh Circuit to strike them down. Despite the dramatic nature of Georgia history, the Journal-Constitution has traditionally given very little attention to ballot access for U.S. House, so the article is welcome.
On the evening of Sunday, October 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 212. It would have allowed non-charter cities and counties to use ranked choice voting for elections for their own officers. Here is his veto message.
As previously reported, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Hall v Merrill on October 7. This is the Alabama ballot access case. Bloomberg Law has this brief story about the case. Hundreds of cert petitions were denied that day, so it is noteworthy that Bloomberg Law mentioned this case.
Recently, a Canadian court ruled that if a candidate debate is held on public property, all candidates must be invited. The case was filed and won by the None of the Above Direct Democracy Party. See this story. The case is Vezina v City of Mississauga, ONSC 5925.
