The Bulletin, the daily newspaper for Bend, Oregon, has this lengthy story about the Independent Party and its nominee for Governor, Patrick Starnes. He was included in one televised gubernatorial debate, but excluded from two other such debates.
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Iowa election officials do not normally mail sample ballots to voters. But this year, Linn County, a major county that includes Cedar Rapids, did postally mail a sample ballot to every registered voter. Because Iowans are not accustomed to receiving sample ballots in the mail, many voters have assumed these are actual mail ballots, and have filled them out and returned them. See this story. The county does not expect to send another letter explaining the confusion, according to the story.
Ballot Access News
October 1, 2018 – Volume 34, Number 5
| This issue was printed on gray paper. |
Table of Contents
- SIXTH CIRCUIT AGREES THAT 30,000 SIGNATURES IS TOO HIGH FOR STATEWIDE INDEPENDENTS IN MICHIGAN
- COURTS ELIMINATE STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICES IN TWO STATES
- PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION VOTE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
- DEMOCRATS ON FOR U.S. HOUSE IN MOST DISTRICTS SINCE 1974
- MAJOR PARTY US HOUSE CANDIDATES
- BOOK REVIEW: THE PARTIES IN COURT
- CALIFORNIA VETO
- EIGHTH CIRCUIT DUCKS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR DECISION
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT
- NEW PARTY PRESIDENTIAL ACCESS AS A PERCENTAGE OF REGISTRATION
- SOME PROMINENT CALIFORNIANS MAY FORM NEW POLITICAL PARTY
- ONE-STATE PARTIES
- ERRATA
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
On October 23, a U.S. District Court in Georgia heard two cases involving absentee balloting. See this story. A decision is likely in a few days.
On October 23, Oklahoma held a three-party debate for Governor. The debate included the only three candidates on the ballot, the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties. See this story.