Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center, has this article in Politico on the U.S. Supreme Court and its apparent indifference to voting rights, particularly in relation to Texas. Thanks to HowAppealing for the link.
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On October 20, Public Policy Polling released a North Carolina U.S. Senate poll. The results: Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan 46%; Republican Richard Tillis 43%; Libertarian Sean Haugh 5%; undecided 7%. The poll includes a question for the Haugh voters, which shows that he draws almost equally between people who (if they were to vote in a two-candidate race) would vote Democratic or Republican. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
This news story describes the debate for Montana’s U.S. House seat, which was held in Kalispell on October 19.
On October 15, the University of Delaware was the location for a debate for Delaware’s U.S. House seat. Four candidates are on the ballot: Democratic incumbent John Carney; Republican Rose Izzo; Libertarian Scott Gesty; and Green Party nominee Bernard August. Two weeks before the event, Republican nominee Izzo said she would not attend. Nevertheless, the debate sponsors refused to invite the Green and Libertarian, and went ahead with only Carney in attendance. See this story.
On October 17, four of the five candidates for U.S. Senate in West Virginia debated each other. They were the nominees of the Democratic, Mountain, Libertarian, and Constitution Party. The Republican nominee, Congresswoman Shelly Capito, did not attend. See this story.