On October 30, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will debate each other in New York city. This debate is sponsored by Free & Equal. The determination of which two candidates are invited was made by those individuals who voted on Free & Equal’s web page over the last few days. Voters used Instant-Runoff voting to choose among the four presidential candidates who had participated in Free & Equal’s first debate, held October 23.

On November 4, Johnson, Stein, Rocky Anderson, and Virgil Goode, will debate each other in Washington, D.C. This debate is hosted by Ralph Nader. The location is Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. The room only has room for an audience of 100 people. However, Busboys and Poets will live stream the event, which can be watched at the restaurant-bookstore’s own web page. The event will last for two hours, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. UPDATE: the event is open only to credentialed media.

This article points out that Ohio is expected to have more provisional ballots cast this year than any state except California. It always takes any state weeks to count provisional ballots. Provisional ballots can’t be tallied until election administrators first determine whether the provisional ballot is valid, and that is time-consuming. Vote-counting is always slow to be completed in California, Washington, and Oregon, but the story emphasizes that it will also be slow in Ohio this year. Ohio’s slow count is more newsworthy because polls show that Ohio is very close, whereas the other slow states all considered safe for President Obama. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

According to this article, the November 2012 ballots for city office in San Diego accidentally include write-in space. The city eliminated write-ins in municipal run-offs approximately five years ago. But a ballot printing error causes write-in space to appear on this year’s ballot. The city is electing a Mayor. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link.