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.
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.
The Prohibition Party will choose its 2020 presidential nominee via a national telephone conference call, to be held November 13, 2018.
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.
