Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On August 22, the Republican Party activists who are challenging the Libertarian statewide Pennsylvania petition asked the Libertarian Party to withdraw the petition, but the Libertarians refused. The Republicans said if the petition were withdrawn today, they would not seek court costs.
Meanwhile, a U.S. District Court is expected to rule soon on whether the Republican challengers will be permitted to intervene in the federal lawsuit that argues the challenge/fee system violates the U.S. Read more »
Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
On August 22, the New Mexico Supreme Court heard Barrie v Duran, 33755. The Court then ruled that the Secretary of State was wrong to have kept Jon Barrie off the November ballot (as the Independent American Party nominee for U.S. Senate) on the grounds that he wasn’t a registered member of the party that nominated him at the time of the Governor’s Proclamation.
As to the other issue in the case, whether Barrie had enough valid signatures, the court sent that back Read more »
Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The deadline has passed for independent presidential candidates to file petitions in Montana. The only candidate who filed such a petition is Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee. Montana permits independent candidates to choose a partisan label that appears on the ballot. The state will probably announce on August 23 whether the petition has enough valid signatures.
The ballot-qualified parties in Montana are: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Americans Elect.
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Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
The Arizona Secretary of State’s office has not yet said how many valid signatures were submitted by proponents of a top-two open primary. However, preliminary data from most of the counties suggest that there may not be enough. Also, apparently some of the petitions were gathered by circulators who don’t live in Arizona and who did not register with the Secretary of State. Arizona permits out-of-state circulators, but requires that out-of-state circulators register with the Secretary of State before working. Read more »
Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Nine presidential petitions have been submitted to the Minnesota Secretary of State. If they are all valid, then Minnesota will have eleven presidential candidates on the November ballot. In Minnesota, as in half the states, independent candidates are free to choose a partisan label other than just the word “independent.”
The petitions are for the presidential nominees of these parties: Constitution, Grassroots, Green, Read more »
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Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Although there is no new news in this newspaper story, the story is the most comprehensive account yet published about the Illinois ballot access challenges involving the general election presidential ballot in 2012. The reporter interviewed the Socialist Party activist in Forest Park who tried to get the Socialist Party on the ballot, and the reporter also interviewed the two individuals responsible for defeating that attempt. Read more »
Aug
22
2012
Source: GaryJohnson2012.com
LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE GOV. GARY JOHNSON TO SPEAK AT P.A.U.L. FESTIVAL IN TAMPA, FLA., SATURDAY
August 21, 2012, Santa Fe, NM — Libertarian Party presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson will be in Tampa, Fla., August 25-27, and will speak at the P.A.U.L. Festival being held at the Florida State Fairgrounds Saturday, August 25. Gov. Johnson is available for media Read more »
Aug
22
2012
Source: Ballot Access News
Terry Michael has this op-ed in USA Today, advocating that the general election presidential debates include all candidates who could theoretically be elected. The column assumes that this would involve a four-way debate, but it is not yet determined whether five candidates or four candidates will be on the ballot in states containing a majority of electoral votes.
Aug
22
2012
Source: The Atlantic
The Libertarian Party candidate wants a place on stage and has a plausible argument that he deserves one.
When Gary Johnson was a GOP primary candidate, he watched in frustration as CNN invited an obviously unqualified Herman Cain onto the debate stage, even as it refused appeals from the former two-term New Mexico governor to take part or even to be included in the polls used to determine Read more »
Aug
22
2012
Source: GaryJohnson2012.com
On Monday, August 20, 2012, Gov. Gary Johnson sent the following letter to the Executive Director, the Co-Chairmen, and the Board of Directors of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
The Commission on Presidential Debates began in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties to establish the way that presidential election debates are run between presidential candidates.
Inclusion in the Presidential Debates Read more »
