South Dakota voters will be voting on Proposition V in November. It would convert all elections in South Dakota, except presidential elections, to non-partisan elections. According to this story, opponents of V have charged that OpenPrimaries.org broke South Dakota campaign law by raising money for the “yes” side. OpenPrimaries is headquartered in New York.
On October 5, the Montana Farmers Union and the Great Falls Tribune sponsored a candidate debate for U.S. House. All three ballot-listed candidates participated. See this story.
Although the ballot-qualified Reform Party of New York is nominating Wendy Long for U.S. Senate (she is also the Republican nominee), it has no presidential nominee. Perhaps someone who knows why will comment. It had been expected it would nominate Donald Trump. Thanks to William Stevenson for this news.
On Octdober 6, independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin chose Mindy Finn to be his vice-presidential running mate. Here is the wikipedia page about her. She lives in the District of Columbia. She is a Republican who earlier this year supported Marco Rubio for president.
On September 29, Steven Machat, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, sued the Cox Media Group in federal court over his exclusion from their debates. However, on October 5, his case was dismissed on procedural grounds. He represented himself and it appears he didn’t allege there is a federal question of law in his case. Machat v Cox Media Group, s.d. Florida, 1:16cv-24155.
The U.S. Senate debates in Florida are October 17 and October 26. Only the Republican and Democratic nominees have been invited.
