SoonerPoll Includes Minor Party and Independent Candidates for Most of the Statewide Offices

This SoonerPoll has results for almost all of the Oklahoma statewide offices, and for the most part includes all ballot-listed candidates. However, these results omit party labels. The Libertarian nominees that are included in the poll are Natalie Bruno for Governor, Chris Powell for Lieutenant Governor, Gregory Sadler for Treasurer, and Will Daugherty for Labor Commissioner.

The poll does not mention the Libertarians running for each of the two U.S. Senate seats. Also the poll does not include Attorney General, which is a two-way race between a Republican and a Libertarian.

In the gubernatorial election, independent candidate Ervin Yen is a Republican State Senator.

Wisconsin Ballots Accidentally Fail to List Congressional Candidate’s Partisan Label

Wisconsin, like 25 other states, allows candidates who qualify for the general election ballot by petition to choose a short partisan label that appears on the ballot next to their name. This year, an independent candidate for U.S. House in the Second District, Douglas Alexander, chose the label “Term Limits on Congress.” Unfortunately, due to an error, the ballots were printed without the label. See this story.

Alaska State Court Keeps Republican Legislator on Ballot Despite his Membership in Oath Keepers

On September 23, an Alaska state trial court kept Republican candidate David Eastman on the November ballot. He is running for re-election to the state house, district 27. His candidacy had been challenged on the basis that he is a member of Oath Keepers, and that the Alaska Constitution bars members of groups that advocate the violent overthrow of the government from running for public office. See this story.

There will be a trial in December on the merits, and if the court finds that Eastman is not eligible, the ranked choice votes for him will not be counted for him. Only three candidates filed to run for this seat, which is based on Wasilla. All three candidates are Republicans. All three are on the November ballot.

Republican Nominee for Connecticut Treasurer Files Lawsuit to Remove His Independent Party Opponent

On September 19, Harry Arora, the Republican nominee for Connecticut Treasurer, filed a lawsuit in state court alleging that his Independent Party opponent should be removed from the ballot. The Complaint says that none of the Independent Party’s nominees ought to be on the ballot, because the party has not filed a copy of its bylaws with the Secretary of State since 2010.

Here is a copy of the Complaint. Arora v Kohler, Superior Court, Hartford.

“Draper”, an Anonymous Analyst of Election Systems, Sums Up Criticism of Ranked Choice Voting in Alaska’s Special U.S. House Election

An election systems analyst who is anonymous, but who goes by “Draper”, has detailed criticism of Ranked Choice Voting as it worked in Alaska last month. There are lots of articles about this subject, but this one has the relevant data and is easy to understand.

To see the article, go to MustReadAlaska.com. Then find the article “Election analyst: Begich would win head to head with either Peltola or Palin.”

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