The incumbent Sheriff of Lee County, Alabama, Jay Jones, was defeated in the Republican primary in May by a margin of 49%-51%. But he recently decided to run a write-in campaign in the November election. Only one name is on the ballot. See this story.
The U.S. District Court hearing in Peace & Freedom Party v Weber will be at 9 am, not 11 am, on Friday, October 23. The address is 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. The hearing is on the 19th floor in the courtroom of Judge Maxine Chesney.
On October 13, Cornel West filed this brief in his ballot access lawsuit, West v Pennsylvania Department of State, w.d., 2:24cv-1349.
The San Jose Mercury News has this op-ed by Marcela Miranda-Prieto, advocating that California change its top-two system to a top-five system.
Unfortunately, she says that restoring party nominees to California elections would mean that independent voters could no longer vote in California primaries. This is not true. Restoring party nominees could include a law letting independents choose a partisan primary ballot. Or California could switch to a classic open primary, in which any voter could choose any party’s primary.
On October 13, a debate was held in Haverhill, Massachusetts, over Question Three, the top-two initiative. See this detailed news story.
