Plainfield, Conn. — The Libertarian Party of Connecticut is planning to open a campaign headquarters in Canterbury this month, something state Chairman Dan Reale calls “a first.”
The move is part of a surge for third-party efforts as the November election nears. Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein benefitted from a late fundraising surge in Connecticut to reach the threshold for her campaign to access federal matching funds, according to a July 2 Read more »
AMERICANS ELECT PLACES GOV. GARY JOHNSON ON PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT IN OKLAHOMA
August 8, 2012, Santa Fe, NM — The nonpartisan organization Americans Elect has submitted the names of presidential electors to the Oklahoma State Board of Elections who have pledged to support former New Mexico Governor and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson for President and Judge Jim Gray for Vice President. The nomination by Americans Elect ensures Read more »
Today the Stein campaign announced success in petition drives led by Greens and Volunteers for Jill Stein groups in Alaska, Kansas, Maryland, Washington, and Wisconsin. In each of these states, state elections authories have received more than enough qualified signatures to place the Green Party or the Stein/Honkala ticket on the ballot.
“As of today, voters in at least 30 states will see Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala on their ballot Read more »
On August 8, the Green Party of Alaska is submitting approximately 4,500 signatures, to obtain “Limited Political Party” status in Alaska. The requirement is 3,273 valid signatures. “Limited political status” means a party is qualified only for the limited purpose of placing its presidential and vice-presidential nominees on the ballot.
Assuming the petition is valid, this will be the first time since 2006 that the Green Party has had Read more »
The Tennessean, Nashville’s daily newspaper, has this story about the refusal of the Tennessee Secretary of State to list the Green Party and Constitution Party nominees for public office on the state’s web page, until August 30. Obviously the Secretary of State is hoping that the Sixth Circuit will remove those candidates from the ballot.
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On August 1, Pennsylvania state election officials rejected the petitions of an independent candidate for U.S. House, 2nd district. The reason is that his ballot label is “independent.” The day before, another candidate with the ballot label “independent” had also filed in the same race. The state cited a law that says two parties with the same name cannot both appear on the ballot for the same office. Read more »
The Arizona Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule in Save our Vote v Bennett, cv-12-0272. This is the case over whether the initiative petition for the top-two open primary violates the single-subject rule. The single-subject rule requires that initiatives concern a single issue.
The opening briefs from each side are due August 10. The response briefs for each side are Read more »
Even though the Natural Law Party ceased to exist as a national political party in 2004, it is still ballot-qualified in Michigan. It recently held its state convention and nominated Rocky Anderson for president. In 2008 the party had nominated Ralph Nader for president, and in 2004 it had nominated Walt Brown (Socialist Party nominee) for president.
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During the last week of July, several leaders of Americans Elect within Oklahoma held a state Americans Elect convention. All the registered voters in Americans Elect were informed of the convention, and about half of them participated. They elected state officers, and also nominated candidates for presidential elector who are pledged to Gary Johnson for President and James P. Gray for Vice-President. On August 7, they submitted the names of their presidential elector Read more »
