This article says Donald Trump and Ben Carson are likely to receive Secret Service protection very soon. Hillary Clinton already has such protection because of her status as the wife of a former President.
The last presidential candidate to receive early Secret Service protection was Barack Obama, who received it fairly early in 2007. Normally, Secret Service protection for leading presidential candidates do not begin until the spring of election years. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
According to this story, Ben Carson still hasn’t told the Florida Republican Party that he will attend its “Sunshine Summit” set for November 13-14. Florida Republican rules this year say no one can appear on the presidential primary ballot unless he or she attends the meeting, or pays $25,000, or submits 125 signatures of Republican voters in each U.S. House district.
The party has invited every presidential candidate who qualified for any Republican presidential debate to attend. Carson is the only one who hasn’t accepted.
This news story has information about the Canadian smaller parties and their vote showings on October 19.
On October 19, a Kansas state court trial judge ruled that Beth Clarkson is entitled to a trial, in her lawsuit to obtain evidence that might show the 2014 general election election returns were not accurately reported. See this story.
Here is an NPR story about Jim Webb’s press conference of October 20. He has left the race for the Democratic nomination and will decide later whether to run as an independent.
UPDATE: here is a link to his announcement, via C-SPAN. Thanks to Michael Edelstein for the link.
