On September 24, New Brunswick held elections for its Legislative Assembly. For the first time since 1920, no party won a majority of the seats. The results are: Progressive Conservative 22, Liberal 21, Green 3, Peoples Alliance 3. See this wikipedia article.
On September 24, the Ohio Libertarian Party filed an administrative complaint against the sponsor of gubernatorial debates. The complaint charges that the debate sponsors had no objective criteria on whom to invite. See this story. After the complaint was filed, the agency organizing the debate asserted that the standard is 10% in a poll.
On the evening of September 24, an inclusive gubernatorial debate was held and televised in Arizona. All three parties with candidates on the ballot participated. They are the Repubican, Democratic, and Green Parties. See this story, which has very little information about the Green Party candidate’s participation.
UPDATE: this article has more description. It faults Angel Torres, the Green Party nominee, for not looking at the camera while it was his turn to speak.
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On September 23, April Freeman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Florida’s 17th district, died. See this story. The 17th district is in south central Florida and is a Republican district.
Her name will remain on the ballot, but the Democratic Party will choose a new nominee. Notices will be posted at polling places saying that a vote for Freeman will be counted for the individual whom the party chooses, and the notices will name that person. Thanks to Political Wire
