The Brennan Center will hold a forum called “Stronger Parties, Stronger Democracy: Rethinking Political Reform” on October 14, at the National Press Club, noon to 2 p.m. Lunch will be served. See this announcement.
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CNN is taking possible questions for the Democratic presidential debate of October 13. This link explains how to submit a question. I hope many persons ask CNN to ask the Democratic presidential debates if they favor expanding entry into the general election presidential debates, from 15% in the polls, to something more inclusive.
On October 11, CBS News released a Republican presidential poll, showing only two candidates above 9%. They are Donald Trump at 27%, and Ben Carson at 21%. See here for the entire poll. The next Republican presidential debate is October 28 in Boulder, Colorado. If the next Republican debate used the criteria of the Commission on Presidential Debates, that debate would only include Trump and Carson.
The Huffington Post has reprinted Professor Marjorie Cohn’s Truthout piece in support of Jill Stein, the leading contender for the 2016 Green Party presidential nomination.
On October 10, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 477, which puts the Green Party’s internal rules into the election code. He also signed AB 1461, which says that all adult citizens known to exist in California will automatically be registered to vote, although they will be notified and given a chance to decline. But if they don’t respond, they will be registered. Unless or until the individual contacts elections officials, he or she will have a partisan designation of “unknown.” That is a different category than independent.