On August 24, a Florida state lower court ruled that Ryan Torrens should not be allowed to run in the Democratic primary for Attorney General. He is one of two candidates on the ballot for that position. The primary is Tuesday, August 28, so of course the ballots are all printed. If the order is not overturned, votes for Torrens won’t be counted. See this story. Torrens is appealing. The basis for the decision is a campaign finance violation.
On August 24, Ohio election officials finished tallying the votes in the August 7 special election for U.S. House, 12th district. The final results: Republican Troy Balderson 104,328; Democrat Danny O’Connor 102,648; Green Party nominee Joe Manchik 1,165.
538.com has a story on Gary Johnson and discusses the possibility that he could be elected to the U.S. Senate as a Libertarian from New Mexico this year. The story also lists all the other Libertarian nominees for President, Governor, and U.S. Senator who have polled as much as 9%.
On Friday, August 24, the North Carolina House, convening in another special session, passed two bills changing two statewide ballot measures that will appear on the November ballot. See this story. The Senate will consider those bills on Monday next week. One of the ballot measures concerns the membership of the State Board of Elections. Currently it is a nine-member board, with four Republicans, four Democrats, and one independent.
On August 16, some Florida voters who speak Spanish but not English sued Florida election officials in 32 counties, seeking bilingual ballots for the November 2018 election. Rivera Madera v Detzner, n.d., 1:18cv-152. Already, thirteen other Florida counties already use bilingual ballots. A hearing will be held on September 5, Wednesday, in Tallahassee.
