It is unlikely any new blog entries will be made here until the evening of Sep. 18, due to Richard Winger being out-of-town.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
It is unlikely any new blog entries will be made here until the evening of Sep. 18, due to Richard Winger being out-of-town.
Recharge those batteries! And thanks again for being the best friend that minor party officers, micro party advocates, and true ‘Indies’ have on the ether.
Is it OK while he’s out of town to talk about him?
Now I wouldn’t say a thing about Richard if it wasn’t good, but boy is this good …
The New Mexico federal judge who is handling the Libertarian Party ballot access case has cancelled the hearing set for Monday, Sep. 18. Instead she will issue a ruling on September 18, based on the written briefs. The Libertarian Party is seeking an injunction to place its New Mexico nominees on the ballot.
http://www.electionwatch2006.com
Poll shows voters, especially poor and young, want
California Governor
Green Party candidate Peter Camejo (also 2004 Ralph Nader Presidential running mate) in upcoming
gubernatorial debates
SACRAMENTO – Although the only gubernatorial debate
planned so far only includes Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Democrat Phil Angelides, a
nonpartisan opinion poll released Thursday shows that
as many as 63 percent of likely voters with an opinion
favor the inclusion of Green Party gubernatorial
candidate Peter Camejo in any debate.
The poll, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research and
commissioned by the Mexican American Political
Association, is the first 2006 survey asking likely
voters who they would want to see in a gubernatorial
debate. All candidates were included in the poll.
“This poll shows that the two corporate-funded
candidates who fill the airwaves with tens of millions
of dollars in advertising, and receive
the bulk of news coverage are not the only candidates
Californians want to hear. To deny voters their wishes
by excluding me from debates in undemocratic, ” said
Camejo at a news conference at the State Capitol.
Camejo, who was considered, in surveys of news media
and public, the winner of the 2003 recall election
debates, noted that once Canada changes its electoral
laws, the U.S. will be “the last advanced industrial
nation with an openly undemocratic electoral system.”
Overall, the poll indicates Camejo was the only third
party candidate to receive an overall positive rating
– logging a 44 percent “yes” to 26 percent “no” result
when voters were asked if he should be in the debates.
Other non-major party candidates had as many or more
people opposed to them being in debates as supported
their inclusion.
Camejo’s strongest support came from Independents
(55-16 percent), Democrats (50-16 percent), the poor
(64-16 percent) and youth (55-11 percent). Voters with
children and women also polled heavily for Camejo.
Only Republicans and the wealthy opposed him.
The poll comes on the heels of a report by the Public
Policy Institute of California Wednesday which showed
that while the state’s diversity has grown, whites
represent 72 percent of voters, while 63 percent of
Latinos are not registered. Camejo is the only Latino
gubernatorial candidate.
Complete results of the poll are available upon request.