The Socialist Party has a nominee for U.S. Senate from Nevada, Jarrod Williams. He is on the ballot as an independent, because the independent petition for statewide office in Nevada other than president is 250 signatures, whereas the petition for a newly-qualifying party this year was 5,431 signatures.

He is the first Socialist Party nominee to be on the ballot for a partisan office in Nevada since 1920. Here is the Socialist Party’s web page, listing its 2016 candidates. Thanks to Steve Rossignol for this news.

VoteCastr will attempt to tell the world what the vote for president is, in eight swing states, starting at 11 a.m. eastern time on election day. VoteCastr does this by first obtaining the names of voters who voted early, and then by using exit pollsters in seven of those states (but not in Colorado, where the vast majority of votes are cast by mail). The seven states are Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Slate explains how VoteCastr works here. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.

On October 21, the Maine Secretary of State released new registration data. The percentages: Democratic 32.58%; Republican 26.84%; Green 4.02%; Libertarian .54%; independent and miscellaneous 36.01%.

In February 2016 the percentages had been: Democratic 31.41%; Republican 26.69%; Green 4.07%; Libertarian .46%; independent and miscellaneous 37.38%.