On October 19, the Minnesota Supreme Court advised two counties to reprint their November 2022 ballots, because the original ballots omitted some of the partisan labels. In re: the Roseau County Ballot for the November 8, 2022 Election, A22-1418; and In re: the Kittson County Ballot for the November 8, 2022 Election, A22-1426. Here is a link to the orders. Thanks to Dan Vacek for this news.
A debate was held on October 19 for all eight candidates for City Council-at-Large, Washington, D.C. Seven of them chose to participate, including a Democrat, independents, a Republican, and a Green. See this story. Two are to be elected, but no party is permitted to run more than a single nominee.
On October 20, the Independent American Party of Nevada, which is the state affiliate of the Constitution Party, issued a press release criticizing the top-five initiative, Question Three. The press release does not criticize ranked choice voting. Instead, it criticizes the initiative for depriving parties of their ability to choose their own nominee.
The initiative is the beneficiary of $17,000,000 in campaign spending. See this story.
On October 19, the four candidates on the November 2022 ballot for Governor debated each other. They included two Republicans, one Democrat, and one independent. See this story.
On October 19, a West Virginia state trial court removed independent legislative candidate Harry “Lee” Forbes from the November 8 ballot. He is running in a State Senate district that has two Senators, one elected in presidential years and one in midterm years. A unique West Virginia law concerning multi-member legislative districts says if there are more than one county in the district, one of the legislators must live in a separate county from the other legislator. See this story. Forbes lives in the same county as the holdover incumbent.
One would have thought that Forbes could have promised to move to another county in the district if he were elected. West Virginia hasn’t elected anyone to the legislature who was not a Democratic or a Republican nominee since 1906. So a promise to move would probably be a safe bet. If he were elected and refused to keep his promise, the legislature would then be free to refuse to seat him.
