On November 1, a Deseret News/KSL-TV presidential poll was released. It is based on 1,205 voters, sampled between October 24 and October 30. Results: McCain 57%, Obama 32%, Baldwin 2%, Barr 1%, Nader 1%, undecided or refused 7%. Thanks to Frank Fluckiger for this news.
In 2004, the presidential vote in Utah had been: Republican 71.5%, Democratic 26.0%, Nader (independent) 1.2%, Constitution .7%, Libertarian .4%.
On Monday, November 3, the 2nd circuit refused to disturb Friday’s U.S. District Court decision, in the controversy over who should be listed on the November 4 ballot as the Working Families Party nominee for U.S. House, 26th district. Therefore, Jonathan Powers will be listed. The case is Republican Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections.
Powers doesn’t want to be the Working Families Party nominee, so he moved to Washington, D.C. However, Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which lists the qualifications to be in Congress, says the candidate must be a resident of the state “when elected”, which means November 4, not any time prior to November 4. This outcome is consistent with the 2006 ruling in Texas, in which the Republican Party hoped to show that Tom DeLay wasn’t eligible to run for re-election in Texas because he had moved to Virginia.
If Powers had been ineligible to run in this year’s New York race, the Working Families Party could have listed Alice Kryzan as its nominee. She is also the Democratic nominee. The Republican Party of New York state filed this federal lawsuit because it doesn’t want Kryzan to be helped by having both the Working Families and Democratic nominations.
On Monday, November 3, the 2nd circuit refused to disturb Friday’s U.S. District Court decision, in the controversy over who should be listed on the November 4 ballot as the Working Families Party nominee for U.S. House, 26th district. Therefore, Jonathan Powers will be listed. The case is Republican Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections.
Powers doesn’t want to be the Working Families Party nominee, so he moved to Washington, D.C. However, Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which lists the qualifications to be in Congress, says the candidate must be a resident of the state “when elected”, which means November 4, not any time prior to November 4. This outcome is consistent with the 2006 ruling in Texas, in which the Republican Party hoped to show that Tom DeLay wasn’t eligible to run for re-election in Texas because he had moved to Virginia.
If Powers had been ineligible to run in this year’s New York race, the Working Families Party could have listed Alice Kryzan as its nominee. She is also the Democratic nominee. The Republican Party of New York state filed this federal lawsuit because it doesn’t want Kryzan to be helped by having both the Working Families and Democratic nominations.
On November 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd circuit, heard arguments in the lawsuit over who should be on the ballot as the Working Families Party nominee in New York’s 26th U.S. House race. See this article. The hearing was held at 10 a.m. eastern time and is probably over by now. The case is Republican Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections. It came up so fast, it doesn’t even have a case number yet.
Channel 8 in Las Vegas has this short report on the vice-presidential debate held November 2 between the vice-presidential nominees of the Constitution and Libertarian Party, and Ralph Nader’s vice-presidential nominee. UPDATE: Matt Gonzalez’ flight to Las Vegas was delayed considerably, so the debate started over three hours after the originally intended 6 p.m. beginning. UPDATE: the debate was only about an hour late, not three hours late.
