A Nevada poll shows that the top-five initiative, Question 3, is slightly behind. The poll shows “Yes” at 38%, and “No” at 40%, with the remainder undecided. See this story. The initiative results are at the very bottom of the article.
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The Detroit Free Press has this story about the Working Class Party and the campaign one of its nominees is waging.
The Arkansas Times has this story about the decision of a U.S. District Court that struck down the Arkansas ballot access law for new and previously unqualified parties.
On September 30, the U.S. House passed HR 6833, the bill to fund the federal government. Only ten Republicans, out of 212 Republican members, voted for the bill. Most people would probably agree the bill gives an illustration of partisanship in our current Congress.
There are fourteen Republican members from the top-two states, eleven from California and three from Washington. None of the 14 voted for HB 6833. Here is the list of Republicans who voted for and against the bill. The “yes” votes from Republicans included two members from New York, and one each from Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The Green Party has begun circulating its petition for party status in South Dakota, the first time it has ever tried that. It already has 1,000 signatures. The requirement can’t be known precisely because it will change in November 2022, but it will probably be no more than 4,000.
The South Dakota party petition was eased in 2018, from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1%.
Other groups that are circulating for party status for 2024, even though it is still 2022, are No Labels and Forward. As far as is known, this is the first time in history when petitions for party status are circulating so early in so many states. Even Americans Elect didn’t start its work for the 2012 election until the beginning of 2011.