Maine and Nebraska laws let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector, instead of using a winner-take-all system. On October 10, the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution asking the 2010 session of the Nebraska legislature to restore the winner-take-all system used in 48 states.

In 2008, Barack Obama carried the Nebraska district that is centered on the city of Omaha, making Nebraska the first state to split its electoral college vote between the Democratic nominee and the Republican nominee since 1916.

The November 3, 2009 New York city Mayoral ballot will include these eight candidates, in this ballot order: William C. Thompson (Dem., Working Families), Michael R. Bloomberg (Rep., Independence), Stephen Christopher (Conservative), Francisca Villar (Party for Socialism and Liberation), Dan Fein (Socialist Workers), Billy Talen (Green), Jimmy McMillan (Rent is Too High), Joseph Dobran (Libertarian).

Because New York city imposes a 15-letter limit on party labels, Villar’s ballot label is “Socialism & Lib.”

The 2005 mayoral race also had 8 candidates on the ballot. They were from the same parties as in 2009, except in 2005, the Party for Socialism and Liberation did not have a candidate (the party did not exist back then), and there was an independent candidate in 2005 with the label “Education.”

Two petitioning candidates for Mayor were challenged off the ballot. They were Robert Burck, “Naked Cowboy” and Alan Chusid, “Messianic.”

For the 2009 election, the other two citywide offices have fewer candidates. The Public Advocate race is a 5-way race, with these candidates: Bill de Blasio (Dem., Working Families), Alex Zablocki (Republican), William J. Lee (Conservative), Maura Deluca (Socialist Workers), and Jim Lesczynski (Libertarian).

The Comptroller race also has five candidates: John C. Liu (Democrat, Working Families), Joseph A. Mendola (Republican), Stuart Avrick (Conservative), Salim Ejaz (Rent is Too High), John Clifton (Libertarian).

The Newark Star-Ledger, on October 10, endorsed Chris Daggett, an independent candidate, for Governor. The editorial says this stance is not so much directed against the Democratic and Republican nominees as it is against the Democratic Party of New Jersey and the Republican Party of New Jersey. See it here. Thanks to J. Bradley Jensen for the link. UPDATE: during the first week of October 1998, Jesse Ventura was polling at between 10% and 15% in Minnesota polls, and of course he won the November 3, 1998 election. By coincidence, the 2009 election is also being held on November 3.