The Gotham Gazette has my op-ed arguing that the New York Campaign Finance Commission ought not to make ballot access more difficult in New York.
UPDATE: here is another op-ed in the Buffalo News.
Bethany, Oklahoma, held a special election to fill the city council seat, district one, on November 12. Chris Powell won the non-partisan three-way race with 63% of the vote. He was the Libertarian nominee for Governor in 2018, and is a former state chair of the party. Thanks to several people for this news.
Filing for the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential primaries closes November 15. The Secretary of State now has a list of candidates who have filed through the morning of November 13. So far there are thirteen candidates in the Republican primary, and twenty-two in the Democratic primary.
See the list here. Thanks to Jim Riley for the link.
Voice of America News has a story about Libertarian and Green Party candidates who were elected on November 5, 2019. The story would have been more complete if it had also mentioned Working Families Party nominees (who were not the nominees of any other party) who won partisan races on the same day in Philadelphia and Hartford.
In Seattle, every voter is entitled to receive four campaign finance vouchers, and to give a voucher to his or her favorite candidates. The recipient candidate can then collect $25 from the city, to use for a campaign for city elective office. The money comes from a property tax levy.
Opponents of that program challenged it in state court, but lost. Now they have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal.
Here is the cert petition in Elster v City of Seattle, 19-608.
