The state committee of the Working Families Party of New York will decide tonight whom to nominate for Governor. See this New York Times story, which has quotes from many party leaders on both sides of the issue/
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Virginia election law lets parties decide whether to nominate by primary or convention. But, the law also says if an incumbent is running for re-election, his or her wishes (as to how the party should nominate) override the wishes of the party. A unit of the Republican Party, the Sixth Congressional District Committee, won a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against this law. The state appealed to the Fourth Circuit. On September 27, the Republican Party filed this brief, arguing that the case should proceed and that the Fourth Circuit should affirm the U.S. District decision.
A Florida candidate for county judge in Clay County is being kept off the ballot because her campaign finance form notarization wasn’t completed until twelve minutes after noon, on the filing deadline. The filing deadline was noon. The candidate sued, but no state court was willing to rule in her favor. See this story.
On October 1, the plaintiffs in Gill v Scholz, c.d., 3:16cv-3221, filed this 14-page reply brief. This is the case that challenges Illinois ballot access for independent candidates for U.S. House. There will be one more brief, from the state. The case was filed in 2016 by independent candidate David Gill, against the 5% (of the last vote cast) petition requirement, and the restriction that the petition must be completed in 90 days.
On October 2, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally, the first since May 21, 2018. The percentages are: Democratic 43.75%; Republican 24.50%; American Independent 2.59%; Libertarian .741%; Green .46%; Peace & Freedom .38%; independent and miscellaneous 27.33%; unknown .25%.
At the May 2018 tally, the percentages were: Democratic 44.36%; Republican 25.07%; American Independent 2.65%; Libertarian .745%; Green .48%; Peace & Freedom .39%; independent and miscellaneous 26.11%; unknown .20%.
Among the unqualified parties, the Constitution Party declined from 315 to 296. A new unqualified party, the California National Party, has 721 registrants.