Joe Lieberman Asserts in the WSJ that No Labels Will Not Be a Spoiler and Can Win the Presidency

In the October 13, 2023 edition of The Wall Street Journal, former US Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman asserts that intensive polling in eight swing states indicates that No Labels will not be a spoiler presidential ticket and actually has a path to win the White House.

Here is his column.

Bloomington, Indiana Independent Mayoral Candidate Denied Ballot Access Due to Voter Registration 7-Day Waiting Period

Independent Joe Davis last week was denied a spot on the upcoming November 7 ballot for Mayor of Bloomington, Indiana, because he gathered new voter registrations while petitioning but did not turn the registrations in for processing at least seven days before turning in the petitions that the newly registered voters had signed. Because of this, many signatures of newly registered voters were deemed invalid, and Davis ended up with fewer signatures than he needed to make the ballot. Davis v Morales, Monroe County Circuit Court, 53C08-2308-MI-1910.

Here is a story on this matter.

In 1970, a 3-judge U.S. District Court struck down a New York law that said newly-registered voters could not sign a petition. Socialist Workers Party v Rockefeller. The U.S. Supreme Court summmarily affirmed that decision, so it should be binding on the entire nation. 400 US 806.

Pennsylvania County Election Officials Tell Legislature it is Too Late to Move the 2024 Primary Away from April 23

The association that represents Pennsylvania county election officials has sent a letter to the Governor and all state legislators, saying it is now too late to implement any change to the 2024 primary date. The law says the primary will be on April 23. Bills to move to an earlier primary date have each passed one house of the legislature, but the two bills are different and neither one seems likely to pass. See this story.