On October 9, the Ohio Secretary of State asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a recent order by the 6th circuit, that required the state to permit early voting the weekend before the election. The basis for the 6th circuit opinion (as well as the U.S. District Court opinion, which agreed with the 6th circuit) was that Ohio permits members of the military who are in this country to vote early on that weekend. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
The October 23 presidential debate sponsored by Free & Equal, which will include Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, and Rocky Anderson, will be broadcast live on Link TV and Al Jazeera. It can also be watched live on-line at www.freeandequal.org/live.
On October 7, Public Policy Polling released a presidential poll for Virginia that asked respondents about all five candidates who are listed on the ballot. The results: President Obama 48%, Mitt Romoney 44%, Gary Johnson 4%, Virgil Goode 1%, Jill Stein under one-half of 1%, undecided 2%. Thanks to William Fenwick for this news.
The Alameda County Superior Court oral argument in Rubin v Bowen has been postponed. The new date is not set yet. The old date had been October 9. Thanks to Mike Rubin for this news. Rubin v Bowen is the minor party lawsuit against the California top-two system.
By the end of Saturday, October 6, the Pennsylvania petition process showed that the statewide Libertarian petition has enough valid signatures, even should the State Supreme Court reverse the favorable ruling of the Commonwealth Court of several weeks ago, concerning voters who moved, signed, and had never updated their registration records. And there are still 1,000 signatures to be reviewed. The challengers are now attempting to dispute approximately 100 signatures that they had already conceded to be valid. Thanks to Richard Schwarz for this news.
