Normally, jurisdictions that put straight-ticket devices on general election ballots never give independent candidates a straight-ticket device. But, at the November 5, 2013 election, Luzerne County (Pennsylvania) did give independent candidates a straight-ticket device. There were only three independent candidates for any office anywhere in the county. As a result, one independent candidate, Rick Williams, appears to have been elected to the Luzerne County Council, and chances are high he would not have been elected if the device hadn’t existed. See this story.

Election returns show that 5,956 voters used the straight-ticket device for the Democratic Party; 3,861 used the Republican device; and 758 used the independent device. The normal rationale for putting a straight-ticket device on the ballot does not really apply to independent candidates, because almost by definition of “independent”, independent candidates are likely to have any political views and may have nothing in common with each other.

On November 5, 2013, Virginia held elections for all 100 seats in the lower house of the state legislature. Six Libertarians and three nominees of the Independent Green Party ran in those elections. The unofficial percentages for the Libertarians are: 23rd district, Jonathan Parrish, 22.39% in a two-way race; 33rd district, Patrick Hagerty, 3.39% in a three-party race; 47th district, Laura Delhomme, 22.26% in a two-person race; 53rd district, Anthony G. Telloz, 4.18% in a three-party race; 55th district, Christopher G. Sullivan, 5.54% in a three-party race; 78th district, Dan J. Foster, 3.69% in a three-party race.

The Independent Greens were: 38th district, Jim Leslie, 24.56% in a two-person race; 43rd district, Gail Parker, 25.28% in a two-person race; 49th district, Terrence Modglin, 20.92% in a two-person race.

Although the Constitution Party had petitioned in the 19th district, the nominee, Joshua Ball, did not appear on the ballot. It is unknown if this is because his petition failed, or because he withdrew.

On November 5, Libertarian Party members were elected in these elections:

Brett Bittner was re-elected to the Marietta, Georgia School Board; Walter Reynolds was elected to the Milledgeville, Georgia city council; Erwin Haas was elected to the Kentwood, Michigan city commission; Matt Hoerner was elected to the Hope Mills, North Carolina Board of Commissioners; Shawn Felty was elected to the Cressona, Pennsylvania Borough Council; Nicholas Hillman was elected Judge of Elections in a precinct in Berks County, Pennsylvania; Brandon Magoon was elected Inspector of Elections in a precinct in Erie County, Pennsylvania; Matt Schutter was elected Township Auditor in Penn Forest, Pennsylvania. UPDATE: also two were elected in Michigan. They were Erwin Haas to the Kentwood City Commission, and Andy LeCureaux to the Hazel Park city council.

The Pennsylvania wins were in partisan elections; the others were non-partisan. Update: here is a newspaper story about Shawn Felty’s win. Cressona Borough was electing two council members, and there were three candidates on the ballot, Felty and two Republicans. Felty received 195 votes; the two Republicans received 187 votes and 168 votes.