New York State Official List of Congressional Candidates Changes 13 Times in Last Two Weeks

Posted on by September 27, 2018
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On September 14, the New York State Board of Elections posted its list of U.S. House candidates. However, since then, the Board has made thirteen changes in the list, because parties in New York state, to a degree unseen in any other state, may make last-minute changes. Most of the changes are because many nominees of the Women’s Equality Party have been deleted. They were all nominees of other parties anyway. The Women’s Equality Party still has one U.S. House nominee who is not the nominee of any other party; she is Kate M. Browning in the First District. Here is the list of changes.

The original list had four Working Families Party nominees who were not nominees of any other party. But in the 19th and 21st districts, the WF nominee is no longer running, and the party has instead nominated the Democratic nominee. The two Working Families nominees in the state who are not also the nominees of the Democratic Party are now Kate Browning in the First District, and incumbent Congressman Joseph Crowley in the 14th district. He had lost the Democratic primary to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Working Families Party would rather have nominated Ocasio-Cortez also, if it had known she was going to win the Democratic primary in June. But they are stuck with Congressman Crowley, since he won’t withdraw as the WF nominee.

The original list had six Reform Party nominees who were not the nominees of any other party, but one of them, James Dillon in the 14th district, has been removed, so now the Reform Party has five nominees who are not the nominees of any other party. This is still more nominees than any other third party, except the Green Party also has five nominees. There are three Conservatives who are not the nominees of any other party, and one Independence nominee who is not the nominee of any other party.

Florida Poll Shows Strong Support for Initiative to Let Most Ex-Felons Register to Vote

Posted on by September 27, 2018
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On September 25, a University of North Florida poll was released for Amendment 4. Amendment 4 is an initiative that would let most ex-felons register to vote, without first having to personally persuade the Governor they they should have their voting rights. The poll shows that 71% of the voters say they expect to vote “yes.” All statewide ballot measures in Florida need 60% in order to pass, whether they are initiatives, or whether they are put on the ballot via the Constitution Revision Commission. Thanks to Electionline for this news.

Poll Shows 23% of Californians Who Plan to Cast a Vote Will Leave U.S. Senate Blank

Posted on by September 27, 2018
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On September 26, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a statewide poll for various California races and ballot measures. It shows that 23% of residents who say they will cast a ballot, intend to leave U.S. Senate blank. There are only two Democrats on the November ballot, and no write-in space. See the summary of the poll here.

Lawsuit in Which Bernie Sanders Supporters are Suing Democratic Party Over 2016 Race is Postponed Because One Judge Recuses Herself

Posted on by September 26, 2018
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The Eleventh Circuit had been expecting to hold oral arguments in Wilding v Democratic National Committee, 17-14194, on Tuesday, September 25. However, one of the three judges recused herself, so the other two judges cancelled the hearing and will decide on a new date at a later time. The identity of the judge who recused herself is not known, although the court order refers to “her”. The other two judges would have been Frank M. Hull and Julie Carnes.

This is the lawsuit in which donors to the Democratic Party are suing the party, because, they assert, the party organization violated its own rules and gave preferential treatment to Hillary Clinton, relative to Bernie Sanders. The plaintiffs were supporters of Sanders. The U.S. District Court had ruled against the plaintiffs, so this appeal followed.