On November 2, the Syracuse Post-Standard endorsed Howie Hawkins for Syracuse City Council, 4th district. Hawkins is the Green Party nominee. His only opponent is the Democratic nominee. Here is the endorsement editorial (scroll down to the 4th district). Syracuse, and all New York municipalities, uses partisan elections for city office. Thanks to Green Party Watch for the link.
This New York Daily News story says that it is possible New York in 2012 will end up with an April presidential primary, an August congressional primary, and a September primary for state and local office. Each primary would cost taxpayers $50 million to administer.
On November 2, an ABC News/Washington Post Poll was released. The press release is titled, “Major Parties Struggle for Popularity; Interest in an Alternative is Broad.” See the results here.
Even though the Ohio Secretary of State issued a directive late on November 1, putting the Americans Elect, Constitution, Green, Libertarian and Socialist Parties on the 2012 ballot, and even though that directive is on the Secretary of State’s web page, so far the mainstream media in Ohio have run no stories about this news. Here is the link on the Secretary of State’s web page to the directive.
“The Daily Caller” is an on-line news service about U.S. politics. It was founded last year by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel, both of whom are Republicans. The November 2 has two stories about minor party potential to alter the 2012 presidential election: (1) this one, in which Roger Stone says that the Republican Party is threatened by such outside candidates; (2) this one, about Americans Elect.
