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
Florida can’t print its November 2018 ballots because no one knows whether certain statewide ballot measures will be on the ballot. They were put on the ballot by the Constitution Revision Commission, but they have been challenged because they may violate the same-subject rule. See this story. The Florida Supreme Court hasn’t even said yet whether it will hold oral arguments.
On September 24, the West Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in King v Warner, 18-0783. This is the case over whose name should be on the ballot in November 2018 for Justice of the Supreme Court. Because some members of the court are affected by this decision, they did not participate and some lower court judges were appointed to substitute. A few hours after the oral argument, the court said the two challenged candidates should be on the ballot. See this story. One was challenged because his law license has been inactive for years (he is a member of Congress); another was challenged because he was in the legislature when the legislature increased the salary of the members of the court.
