The Illinois National Popular Vote Plan, HB 1685, has been given until October 12 to pass the legislature.
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According to this Cleveland, Ohio newspaper story, Cynthia McKinney has decided to seek the Green Party presidential nomination, after having earlier said she would not. Also, it appears that she has moved to California, where she will be enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley. The story says she has just re-registered to vote as a Green Party member. California has registration by party, but Georgia does not.
Ever since 1954, the best source for election returns data has been the series called America Votes. A new volume is published after each congressional and presidential election. America Votes 27 is now in print. It includes the 2006 election results. Most good libraries have the whole series. If you have access to a good library, presumably that library will soon have America Votes 27 on the reference shelf. The leader author is Rhodes Cook; the book is published by Congressional Quarterly Press.
Delaware will hold a special election on Saturday, November 3, to fill a vacancy in the 14th State Senate district. Delaware parties nominate by convention, in the case of special elections. On October 6, the Independent Party nominated Joanne Christian. She has also been chosen by the Republican Party a few days earlier, so she will appear as the nominee of both parties. The Democratic nominee is State Representative Bruce Ennis.
The vacancy exists because incumbent Democratic Senator James Vaughn is retiring in the middle of his term. He was re-elected in November 2006 with 59.1% of the vote, but he has been too ill to attend the 2007 session. He is 82 and has been a State Senator for 27 years.
In 2004, the New Hampshire presidential primary was on the 4th Tuesday in January (January 27). On September 28, 2007, New Hampshire’s Secretary of State said the 2008 primary will be on the second Tuesday of January (January 8) or that it may be even earlier than that. The Secretary of State will probably finalize the date next month. He also said on September 28 that the deadline for candidates to file in New Hampshire’s presidential primaries is November 2.