On November 2, a U.S. District Court in Georgia issued an injunction in Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda v Kemp, 1:18cv-4727. The injunction says that voters whose voter registration records weren’t processed timely, and who bring proof of citizenship and residence to the polls, may cast a regular ballot, not just a provisional ballot. Here is the 36-page order.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla held a press conference on November 2. He was asked if he favors restoring write-in space to California general elections for partisan office (California still has write-in space for primaries and non-partisan elections). All he said was that this is a matter for the legislature to decide.
Of course, the California Secretary of State always recommends election law changes to the legislature, so his answer seems to indicate he is satisfied with the status quo.
On November 2, the California Secretary of State released a new voter registration tally, as of October 22. Here is a link.
The current percentages are: Democratic 43.45%; Republican 24.04%; American Independent 2.58%; Libertarian .76%; Green .45%; Peace & Freedom .380%; unknown .27%; independent and miscellaneous 28.07%.
The percentages at the last tally, September 7, were: Democratic 43.75%; Republican 24.50%; American Independent 2.59%; Libertarian .74%; Green .46%; Peace & Freedom .384%; unknown .25%; independent and miscellaneous 27.33%.
The two largest unqualified parties, California National and Constitution, both declined. The only party in California that gained as a percentage is the Libertarian Party.
On October 26, the Libertarian National Committee filed this brief in Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. circuit. This is the last brief before the court hears oral argument next month. This is the case over whether it is constitutional to forbid a party from receiving a bequest from a deceased person, and receiving the money as soon as the estate is settled, rather than having to keep most of the money in escrow for years into the future.
On the evening of November 1, four of the five New York gubernatorial candidates debated each other for 90 minutes. Here is a newspaper story describing the event.
