On March 20, the five leading candidates for President of France debated each other. The debate lasted three and one-half hours. See this story.
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This news story about the possibility that Joe Piscopo may run as an independent for New Jersey Governor this year also analyzes past independent candidates in New Jersey, and explains why they never get as much as 10% of the vote.
On March 21, the Nevada Assembly heard AB 274, which is the National Popular Vote Plan bill. Read this story for a description of the testimony for and against.
On March 21, Pennsylvania held a special election for State House, 197th district. Only the Republican nominee, Lucinda Little, was on the ballot. According to Philadelphia election returns so far (with all precincts reporting), Little only received 198 votes, whereas there are 2,483 write-in votes. The two most prominent write-in candidates are Cheri Honkala for the Green Party, and Emilio Vazquez for the Democratic Party. UPDATE: the write-in results will be announced on Friday, March 24.
This Alabama newspaper story describes the status of the state court lawsuit over whether the Governor is required to call a special U.S. Senate election this year, or whether he can decide to skip a special election until November 2018. The vacancy was created when Senator Jeff Sessions resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. The Governor then appointed Luther Strange and said there is no requirement for a special election this year.
The law is vague, and says the special election must be called “forthwith.”