On November 4, Georgetown, South Carolina, held an election for Mayor and City Council. The election was a partisan election. Forward Party nominee Jay Doyle was elected Mayor, defeating the incumbent Republican, Carol Jayroe. The vote was 1,246 for Doyle, and 972 for Jayroe. Here is Doyle’s campaign website.

Georgetown has a population of 9,163 and is the county seat of Georgetown County.

As far as is known, this is the first time any third party has ever won a partisan election in South Carolina since 1894, when some Independent Democrats were elected to the state legislature. Although Strom Thurmond, States Rights Democratic Party, carried South Carolina in 1948, he was the Democratic Party nominee. The South Carolina Democratic Party had refused to list Harry Truman as its presidential nominee.

Green Party and Libertarian Party registration in New York have increased since July 2025, despite the fact that people who register in those parties must write in their choice on the voter registration form. Neither has been a qualified party since November 2022, because of hostile changes to the election code made in 2020.

Here is the registration form. Qualified parties are listed, each with a checkbox. But unqualified parties are not listed.

Green active registration was 15,522 in July 2025, and is now 16,184.

Libertarian active registration was 14,177 in July 2025, and is now 14,684.

On November 5, the Eleventh Circuit stayed the briefing schedule in Florida Decides Healthcare v Byrd, 25-12370. This is the lawsuit over Florida’s new restrictions on out-of-state circulators for initiative petitions. The government had asked for this delay because it says negotiations are desired. This may mean the legislature will rescind some of the restrictions.