On October 18, a 3-judge U.S. District Court ruled that Paul Thurmond should remain on the South Carolina ballot for State Senate. See this story.
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HeadCount is an organization that attempts to help individuals to register to vote, and also to help them know what identification is needed at the polls. The web page is especially geared to young people. Here is a link to a particularly helpful chart that shows whether student ID cards can be used at the polls. The web page also has a chart showing the deadline for voters to register in each state.
The October 18 Sacramento Bee has this op-ed on California’s top-two system, Proposition 14. It is severely critical of how it has worked in practice so far. The authors are Ben Boychuk of the Manhatten Institute and an editorial writer for the Bee, Pia Lopez. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link.
DemocracyNow! and its hostess, Amy Goodman, again covered a Commission on Presidential Debates event by letting some minor party presidential candidates answer the same questions that the two major party nominees answered. This is the second time DemocracyNow! has done this. The first time, Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson participated. On October 17, they were joined by Virgil Goode. See this link.
According to this story, televised debates will soon be held in Delaware. Both the U.S. Senate debate and the gubernatorial debate include three candidates. Besides the major party nominees, the U.S. Senate race will include the Independent Party nominee, and the gubernatorial debate will include the Green Party nominee.