On October 23, SurveyUSA released a poll for the Indiana U.S. Senate race. See the story here. All three ballot-listed candidates were included.
Many other pollsters this year are not including anyone in their polls other than the Democratic and Republican nominees. Thanks to Political Wire for the link to the Indiana poll, which shows the Libertarian nominee at 8%.
On October 24, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, will hold another hearing in the case over whether the Staten Island Democratic nominees for State Supreme Court should be on the ballot. The Appellate Division already removed them, but will hear argument on whether to let the Democratic Party appeal to the State Court of Appeals. See this story.
This Miami Herald story describes the candidates who are on the ballot for Governor of Florida, other than the Democratic and Republican nominees. The story puts Darcy Richardson at the top. He is the only minor party nominee running, and is the nominee of the Reform Party. There also three independents on the ballot. As the story makes plain, only two of them have any real campaign activity.
Florida law says the major party nominees are listed first on the ballot, followed by the nominees of other parties, and then followed by independent candidates. Independent candidates have the ballot label “NPA”. The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit earlier this year over the law that says the party that won the last gubernatorial election is listed first. However, polls suggest that the Democratic nominee will win this election, in which case the Democratic Party will probably dismiss the lawsuit.
There are no minor party or independent candidates on the Florida ballot for U.S. Senate.
On October 15, Pennsylvania Republican officials filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court to remove the Democratic nominee from the ballot, in the State Senate 38th district race. See this story. The lawsuit says the Democrat has not lived in Pennsylvania for four years.
On October 22, the Democratic nominee for Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, retained his place on the ballot, despite having been late to pay his filing fee. His first check bounced. See this story. A state trial court refused to remove him.
