Fox News has this story about the attempt to qualify the No Labels Party for 2024 ballots, for the purpose of placing a centrist presidential candidate on the ballot. The most interesting news in the story is that No Labels says it would nominate a presidential candidate by convention in the first three months of 2024.

No Labels is very similar to Americans Elect and its 2012 efforts, but Americans Elect used an on-line presidential primary for its process. Ultimately Americans Elect did not run anyone for president in 2012, and it asked states to eliminate it from the ballot. Nevertheless, there were a few candidates for non-presidential public office who ran under the Americans Elect label in 2012 and 2014.

On November 1, the New York Times ran this lengthy story about California general elections between two Democrats. Almost at the very end, it refers to the top-two system and says “Some political observers say that some adjustment is necessary.” There are no additional details, but this suggests that some leading Democratic Party figures are unhappy with the top-two system.

On November 1, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi, a Trump appointee, issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v Clean Elections, 2:22cv-1823. This is the case involving behavior near Arizona drop boxes for absentee ballots. The TRO requires individuals who have been harrassing voters to modify their behavior, and requires the Clean Elections website to post a statement that it is not necessarily illegal for an individual to deposit more than a single voted ballot into a drop box. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for the link.