This Washington Post article says national Republican Party leaders are worried that Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Ted Cruz might win the Republican Party presidential nomination. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
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On November 10, several registered voters in Illinois who have moved to Guam filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Chicago, arguing that they should be permitted to vote in 2016 via absentee ballot. If they had moved to a foreign country, they would be permitted to continue to vote via absentee ballot in Illinois elections. But because they moved to Guam, they can’t vote. See this story. The case is Luis Segovia v Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, n.d., 1:15cv-10196. The case is assigned to Judge Joan Gottschall. It is based on the 14th Amendment.
CSO Magzine is for individuals who hold the job of Chief Security Officer for organizations, and for all others interested in security for large organizations, including electronic security. It has this article about John McAfee’s ideas on how to protect the United States from electronic espionage and sabotage. The story gingerly mentions that McAfee has formed the Cyber Party and is its presidential nominee. The author of the article doesn’t seem very interested in McAfee’s new party, but the author does believe that McAfee’s ideas about the electronic security issue are worthwhile.
McAfee is fairly well-known because of his company’s anti-virus software product.
November 9 was the deadline for South Dakota initiative petitions for the 2016 election. On November 9, two initiatives that would alter South Dakota elections were submitted. The requirement is 27,740 valid signatures.
One initiative sets up a non-partisan redistricting commission for legislative districts. Its backers submitted 40,400 signatures. If it passes, the legislative districts would be redrawn in 2017. After that, of course, the commission would operate in the year after each census. The measure has no impact on U.S. House districts because South Dakota only has one district.
The other initiative makes all elections non-partisan, except for President. No party labels would appear on the ballot, except for President. Because the measure is backed by two prominent Democrats, opponents of the measure are already saying that this is just a Democratic plan to remove party labels from the ballot because otherwise Democrats can’t win important office in South Dakota. Those two Democrats are Rick Weiland, the 2014 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate; and Drey Samuelson, chief of staff to former U.S. Senator Tim Johnson. Johnson is the last South Dakota Democrat who served in the U.S. Senate. The non-partisan initiative turned in 39,182 signatures.
Filing has closed for Republican presidential candidates to file in Alabama. Three candidates for president, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, and Lindsey Graham, did not file any candidates for Delegate. However, there are no actual consequences. These presidential candidates will still appear on the March primary ballot, and if they poll enough votes to earn delegates, then the state party will appoint some delegates for them.
See this story. Republican national rules require delegates to vote on the first ballot for the presidential candidate whose vote total caused those delegates to be elected.