According to this New York Times article, both daily newspapers in Detroit have endorsed Mike Duggan, who is a write-in candidate in the August 6 Mayoral election. It seems likely that it will take some time before election officials will have a tally for this election. Generally write-in votes don’t get counted on election night, although an exception may be made in this case. The article says Duggan has raised $1,200,000 for his campaign.
According to this story, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said he will decide to sign or veto all the pending bills he hasn’t already dealt with during the week of August 11-17. That includes HB 589, the omnibus election law bill.
The South Dakota Secretary of State has released the August 1 tally of the number of registered voters. The percentages are: Republican 45.77%; Democratic 35.49%; independent 18.44%; Libertarian .23%; Constitution .069%. The number of registered voters in Americans Elect is so tiny, it doesn’t make sense to present it as a percentage, but the party has 6 registered members.
In November 2012, the percentages were: Republican 45.99%; Democratic 35.85%; independent 17.88%; Libertarian .21%; Constitution .066%. Americans Elect back then had 4 registered members.
The new figures for South Dakota are somewhat similar to virtually all 2013 registration data across the nation. The two major parties have declined as a percentage, whereas independents and minor parties have risen. The new numbers are: Republican 244,944; Democratic 189,892; independent 98,683; Libertarian 1,224; Constitution 368; Americans Elect 6. The old numbers were: Republican 243,113; Democratic 189,493; independent 94,536; Libertarian 1,126; Constitution 349; Americans Elect 4.
According to this story, the President of the North Carolina NAACP, William Barber, is hoping to talk to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to ask him to veto the omnibus election law bill, HB 589. One week has elapsed since the legislature sent the bill to the Governor, and he hasn’t acted yet. He has until August 25 to decide.
On August 4, St. Pete Polls released a Florida 2014 poll, including a poll on the gubernatorial race. The poll assumed that Rick Scott, the incumbent Republican Governor, will be the Republican nominee; it assumed former Governor Charlie Crist will be the Democratic nominee. It also listed Adrian Wyllie, who has been campaigning for the Libertarian gubernatorial nomination. The results: Crist 40.1%; Scott 29.5%; Wyllie 8.7%.
The poll breaks down the percentage for each candidate by age, race, and other demographic categories. Wyllie polls 11% among the voters under age 50, but only 5% among voters age 70 and above.
The poll had 3,034 respondents and included questions about ballot measures that are likely to be on the 2014 ballot, and some particular legislative races.
