This article says the New York Working Families Party is campaigning hard so as to retain its spot on the ballot. It needs 2% of the gubernatorial vote. Of course its nominee, Kathy Hochul, is also the Democratic nominee. The Working Families Party only got 1.88% of the vote for Governor in 2018.
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.
