The California Secretary of State’s web page has this list of presidential elector candidates for each of the six ballot-qualified parties. Write-in candidates for president also need to submit a list of presidential elector candidates, but the deadline for that is not until October 25.
On October 4, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy refused to put David Gill on the ballot as an independent candidate for U.S. House, Illinois 13th district. Like Justice Kagan last month, Kennedy did not refer the matter to the other justices.
The Los Angeles Times of October 6 has this op-ed by political scientist Larry N. Gerston, criticizing California’s top-two system.
On October 3, the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican nominees for Governor of North Dakota debated each other. They are the only three candidates on the ballot. The Libertarian Party needs to poll 5% for either Governor or President to remain ballot-qualified. See this story.
On September 30, David Gill, the independent candidate for U.S. House in the 13th Illinois district, asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to restore him to the ballot. Gill v Scholz, 16A309. Gill had earlier asked Justice Elena Kagan to put him on the ballot, but she had refused and had not even submitted his request to the other members of the Supreme Court.
