The first Commission on Presidential Debates event this year is at the University of Denver, on Wednesday, October 3. The Obama-Romney debate starts at 7 pm Colorado time and runs 90 minutes, and covers domestic issues.

That same evening, Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson will appear at a Democracy Now! live event at the Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman Street, Denver. Amy Goodman will host. The audience will see the Commission on Presidential Debates on a screen. After the first question has been asked of President Obama and Mitt Romney, and their answers have been received, the church audience video of that debate will pause, and Stein and Anderson will also answer whatever question had just been asked in the CPD Debate. Then, the church audience will then see the next CPD question (which, of course, is no longer live, because of the delay) and the process will continue. Here is a link to Democracy! Now’s web page about the event, which does not mention any other presidential candidates. The Green Party publicity about this event says that Gary Johnson is also participating, but this appears to be incorrect.

The CPD debates will heavily impact on Denver residents. Interstate highway 25 will be closed to traffic for six miles through downtown Denver, from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. This is for security, because the arena in which the debate is being held is very close to the highway. OccupyDenver’s web page says a protest of the CPD debate will be held at 5:30 pm at McWilliams Park, E. Yale Avenue and S. Steele St.

The Norwich Bulletin has this editorial, explaining that the newspaper’s policy is to invite all ballot-listed candidates to appear before its editorial board. The editorial also says that the media in general should treat all ballot-listed candidates equally, and that candidate debates should include all such candidates. The Norwich Bulletin is one of the two biggest newspapers in eastern Connecticut, and has existed since 1796.

According to this newspaper story, Republicans in Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) are expressing unhappiness that the Democratic Party runs candidates in partisan races in the county, even though one particular candidate in particular, Martha Good, has run and lost five times and spends little money campaigning.

Republicans control all three branches of Ohio state government, and if they are unhappy with partisan judicial elections, they are free to begin the process of converting these elections to non-partisan elections, or possibly to eliminating judicial elections and making judges appointive. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.