The Delaware Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule in McVay v Department of Elections for Kent County, number 528(2010).  The opening brief is due October 25, 2010.  The schedule is such that the case will be decided after the November 2, 2010 election.  The case had been filed by a Libertarian nominee for the State House of Representatives, William McVay.  He had tried to run in the major party primaries for the same office, but the major parties objected, and he was not permitted to run in those primaries.

Delaware permits fusion, and Delaware has no law making McVay’s filing illegal.  The lower state court seemed to feel the major parties have an implied right to exclude candidates from their own primaries.

On the evening of September 29, the New York Conservative Party nominated Carl Paladino as its gubernatorial nominee.  See this story.  Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for the link.

Major Texas newspapers and a TV station are sponsoring a gubernatorial debate on October 19.  The Democratic, Libertarian and Green Party nominees have accepted.  The Republican nominee says he won’t attend unless the Democratic nominee releases his old income tax returns.  See this story.  Thanks to GreenPartyWatch for the link.