On October 16, the Portland Press Herald, the daily newspaper in Portland, Maine, endorsed question Five. This is the statewide initiative that asks voters if they wish to use instant runoff voting in future elections for congress and state office.
This story about the Nebraska Libertarian Party says State Senator Laura Ebke, who joined the Libertarian Party in May 2016, is helping teach party leaders how to make the party more effective. The story also says the Libertarian Party is expected to have 10,000 registered voters by the time of next month’s election. Back in February 2016 it had 6,984 registrants.
Here is a story about Rocky De La Fuente, in a Kalispell, Montana, broadcast station. For a candidate who is on the ballot in 20 ballots, it is surprising how little publicity he has received.
This story says that Matt Borges, chair of the Ohio Republican Party, is telling the press that he doesn’t know who he will vote for in the presidential election. Although there are many Republican Party office-holders who have said they will not vote for Donald Trump, Borges appears to be the only state chair of a Republican Party who has said this.
Borges played a leading role in the 2014 election, finding a challenger to the Libertarian Party primary gubernatorial petition. That challenge worked and was responsible for keeping the Libertarian Party from nominating anyone for Governor in 2014. Because the Ohio Libertarian Party needed to poll at least 2% for Governor in order to remain on the Ohio ballot, without a nominee, it went off the ballot, and it has not got back on since.
According to this article, there will be a U.S. Senate debate in Alaska that includes the Republican incumbent, her Libertarian opponent, her independent opponent, but not the Democratic nominee, Ray Metcalfe. It is not known why Metcalfe is not participating.
