On November 16, the Ninth Circuit refused to block any further release of the names and addresses of people who signed the 2009 Washington state referendum petition on civil unions for same-sex couples. The vote was 2-1, with the dissent explaining that even though the Secretary of State has already released the names and addresses to at least one opponent of the referendum petition, the case is not moot because releases to other individuals could still be blocked. The individual who requested the names has not yet posted them on any internet web page. See the order here. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

Massachusetts has released the official returns from the October 18, 2011 special election for State House in the Berkshire Third District. This is the race in which the Green Party nominee came close to winning. The final returns are: Democrat Tricia Farley-Bouvier 1,940; Green Mark Miller 1,748; independent Pam Malumphy 1,325; Republican Mark Jester 899. The winner won with only 32.81% of the vote.

See this story on Talking Points Memo, which says that Gary Johnson has hinted that he might possibly seek the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for the link.