On the evening of Thursday, September 24, Canada will hold a debate for the leaders of five political parties. The debaters will speak in French. See this story.
1
Five candidates are on the November 3, 2015 ballot for Mayor of Philadelphia, a partisan election. They are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, and Socialist Workers Parties, and two independents. All five will debate on September 29. See this story. There are three other debates later to which only the Democratic and Republican nominees have been invited. Thanks to Larry Otter for the link.
A California Superior Court recently reversed and course and cancelled cumulative voting for city council elections in Santa Clarita, California. See this story.
On September 23, the conference committee of the North Carolina legislature decided that HB 373 will provide that all 2016 primaries will be in March. See this story. Traditionally the state has held primaries for all office in May.
Candidates running in primaries will be required to file by December 21, 2015.
The bill has no effect on the petition deadlines for newly-qualifying parties or independent candidates. New party petitions will continue to be due in May, and independent candidate petitions in June. Here is the text of the bill. The bill’s provisions concerning the date of primaries only applies to 2016, not years further into the future. Both houses are expected to vote on the bill on September 24.
On September 23, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the locations and dates for the general election presidential debates. All four will be at universities. The three presidential debates will be September 26, October 9, and October 19, in 2016. The vice-presidential debate will be October 4. See the Commission’s press release.
The Commission says it will announce news about the criteria for being invited into the debates soon.