On November 3, Maine voters passed an initiative to increase funding for public funding of campaigns. See this story.
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The election returns for November 3, 2015 determine the number of signatures needed for statewide minor party and independent candidates in 2016. Democratic Supreme Court justice Kevin Dougherty received more votes than any other statewide candidate tonight. Therefore, 2% of his final vote total will be the 2016 petition requirement. Unofficial returns show that Dougherty has 1,079,512 votes.
The U.S. District Court that is handling Libertarian Party of Illinois v Illinois State Board of Elections said on November 2 that the decision will be out shortly. The Court had previously said it would be out on October 8, then October 30, then November 2.
On November 2, Larry Lessig announced that because the Democratic National Committee recently made a slight change to the rules on primary debates, he has no ability to qualify for the next Democratic debate, which is on November 14. See his statement here. He is withdrawing. The statement is four minutes long.
On October 31, Ohio Congressman John Boehner resigned his seat in the U.S. House. On November 1, Ohio Governor John Kasich set a June 7, 2016, special election to fill the 8th district seat. The special primary will be March 15. The June 2016 date will result in the voters of the 8th district having no representative for over seven months.