On October 7, David Luntz III, a registered member of the Constitution Party, was elected to the Deltana Community Corporation Board. The Board now has two members of the Constitution Party; the first, whose term was not up this year, is Pam Goode.

The Deltana Community Corporation Board is the local government for inhabitants of the city of Delta Junction and the surrounding area. In Alaska, boroughs and community corporations are somewhat analogous to counties in other states. Thanks to J. R. Myers for this news.

The Tampa Bay Times politics columnist, Steve Bousquet, says here that the upcoming gubernatorial debate should include Adrian Wyllie, the Libertarian.

The United Independent Party is not ballot-qualified in Massachusetts, but it hopes to become ballot-qualified on November 4, 2014, by polling at least 3% of the vote for Evan Falchuk, its gubernatorial nominee. In the meantime, it is also launching a voter registration drive to gain more registered members. Ever since 1991, a group in Massachusetts can obtain, or retain, qualified status if it has registration equal to at least 1% of the state total.

No group in Massachusetts has ever made a serious attempt to use the 1% registration method. The United Independent Party is aware that even if it becomes ballot-qualified by its gubernatorial vote next month, the Massachusetts 3% vote test applies every two years, and there are no statewide races in Massachusetts in 2016 except president. The United Independent Party doesn’t expect to get involved in the 2016 presidential election because it is just a party concerned with Massachusetts government. Therefore, the party wants to increase its registration so that (assuming it gets qualified status next month) it can retain it beyond the 2016 election.

The party says even if Falchuk doesn’t get 3% for Governor next month, it will still pursue the registration drive. The registration drive will be easier of Falchuk does get 3%, because if he does, Massachusetts will print new voter registration forms that list the United Independent Party as a choice, with its own checkbox. Without qualified status, the United Independent Party can still increase its registration, but the party’s name must be written in on the voter registration form, which takes longer. Here is a copy of a current Massachusetts voter registration form.