On the evening of October 14, Illinois held its first-ever gubernatorial general election debate that included more than the two major party candidates. Here is one newspaper’s account of the debate, which included Rich Whitney, the Green Party nominee. Here is another story; here is another one which says that Whitney outperformed his opponents.
In other news about Rich Whitney, the Chicago Board of Elections now says the electronic voting machines will show his name with correct spelling.
On October 15, the three candidates for U.S. House-at-large in Montana will debate each other. The candidates are Republican incumbent Dennis Rehberg, Democrat Dennis McDonald, and Libertarian Mike Fellows. See this article.
On October 12, Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the National Popular Vote bill for the District of Columbia. See this story. In theory Congress could veto the District’s law sometime during the next 60 days, but that seems unlikely to happen.
In 23 wards in Chicago, the touch-screen vote-counting machines show the name of the Green Party gubernatorial nominee, Rich Whitney, as “Rich Whitey”. See this story. The error will not be corrected. However, the error only exists on the screen that pops up as the voter is asked to review the choices already made and finalize that vote. Most voters in Cook County use paper ballots anyway; the touch screen voting machine is at polling places to serve voters with certain kinds of disabilities, although any voter at the polls is free to use the touch screen machines.
The four candidates for U.S. Senate in Missouri will debate each other on Friday, October 15, at 10:30 a.m. at Four Seasons Lodge, Lake of the Ozarks. The four are Democrat Robin Carnahan, Republican Roy Blunt, Libertarian Jonathan Dine, and Constitution Party nominee Jerry Beck. Thanks to Robb Cunningham for this news. The debates are sponsored by the Missouri Press Association. For more about the debates, which will be streamed live, see here.
