The New Mexico Secretary of State has determined that the American Delta Party has enough valid signatures to be on the 2016 ballot. This is the party created to help Rocky De La Fuente get on the ballot. Earlier this year New Mexico had verified that the Party for Socialism & Liberation petition is also valid. New Mexico is still checking the petition filed by Better for America. Parties that didn’t need to petition in 2016 are the Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Independent American Parties.
The Washington Secretary of State has verified that the petitions for the Green Party, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Party for Socialism & Liberation, are valid. See this story. Thanks to Tom Yager for the link.
Is this the first state Mr. De La Fuente has achieved general election ballot status in?
Yes, I think so.
I have a friend inside the campaign and he said that Rocky has finished petitions in 10 other states.
Greens are up to 23 states now and climbing.
24 states now actually, apparently they gained access in Delaware???
Kevin, you’re probably right, but there is a difference between states in which Rocky has finished petitioning and submitted his signatures, versus states that have checked them and said they are valid.
@Mike: Last we heard from the authoritative source (Richard), the Greens needed 50-odd new voters in Delaware to register as Greens (by some date in August, IIRC). Not sure if that’s a “by-then” deadline or an exact “on-that-date-only” count date; if the latter, it’d be hard for them to qualify until that target date.