Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
It is possible that three presidential candidates, all of whom are seeking a minor party presidential nomination, will qualify for primary season matching funds this year. Buddy Roemer, who is seeking the Americans Elect nomination, was certified for primary season matching funds on February 2, 2012. Gary Johnson is seeking them and his campaign says so far he has raised the needed $5,000 in fourteen states. Twenty states are needed Read more »
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Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On March 16, Scotusblog posted its “Cert petition of the day”, which is Libertarian Party of North Dakota v Jaeger. Scotusblog editors had previously said they would feature this case, but now have actually done so. See here.
On March 12, North Dakota sent a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court, waiving its right to file a response. Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Two candidates have filed for U.S. Senate in the Montana Libertarian primary. Montana requires parties with ongoing ballot status to nominate by primary, but does not actually print up primary ballots unless there is a contest. See this story, which says that Montana hasn’t printed up primary ballots for any qualified party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, since 1996, when the Reform Party had a contested primary. The Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On March 16, U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes refused to stay his own ruling in the Tennessee ballot access case, Green Party of Tennessee v Hargett, 3:11-0692. The original decision in this case, handed down on February 3, 2012, struck down the state’s ballot access law for newly-qualifying parties. It also ruled that a 2011 law, providing that the two major parties should always have the top two spots on the ballot, is Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On March 15, this 26-page reply brief was filed in Chamness v Bowen, 11-56449. The Ninth Circuit now has all three briefs in the case, and will eventually set a date for oral argument. Chamness v Bowen challenges two particular characteristics of California’s top-two law (Proposition 14): the ban on the ballot label “independent”, and the original law’s restriction on counting write-in votes. Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Texas parties remain ballot-qualified in presidential election years if they poll at least 5% for any partisan statewide race. This year in Texas, the following statewide offices are up: President, U.S. Senate, Railroad Commission full term, Railroad Commission short term, Justice of the Supreme Court seat 2, Justice of the Supreme Court seat 4, Justice of the Supreme Court seat 6, Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Judge of the Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On March 16, a Florida circuit court upheld the 2011 law that says no one may seek the nomination of a political party if that person was a member of another qualified party in the preceding year. Argenziano v Browning, 2011-ca-3484. The plaintiff is Nancy Argenziano, who accidentally registered as a member of the Independent Party last year. She wants to run in the Democratic Party primary for Congress this year. See this story. Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Green Party (GP.org)
Greens promote sane justice system and security policies, including a halt to the War on Drugs and constitutional violations
2012 Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention, July 12-15, 2012 in Baltimore, Md. http://www.gpconvention2012.com
WASHINGTON, DC — As more and more Americans express alarm at the curtailment of Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Jill Stein for President
President Obama’s recent signing of the FAA Reauthorization Bill —over the protests of at least 19 major trade unions including the UAW, Steelworkers, Transportation Communications Union (IAM) and Teamsters— shows once again the current administration’s true nature, say supporters of Jill Stein’s Green Party presidential campaign. “A betrayal of working America,” is how Jill Stein herself described Obama’s Read more »
Mar
20
2012
Source: Brains and Eggs (via Green Party Watch)
Brains and Eggs reports:
Texas Greens post 56 candidates for state and local offices
20 candidates in Bexar, 16 in Harris, 20 more across Texas, from Justice of the Peace and Constable to President of the United States. Here’s the full list (.pdf) from the Green Party of Texas website. Following I’ll list the statewide candidates and those running for Read more »
