On August 23, the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office determined that Jill Stein’s independent presidential petition has enough valid signatures. The office is still working on several other presidential petitions.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
That’s good news! (And there’s hope for more soon.)
If we add Tennessee to this:
http://www.jill2016.com/ballot_access
Stein is on the ballot in 33 states (counting DC as a state, as Greens do) with over 400 electoral votes (406, if I’m counting correctly).
I’m not voting for Jill (I’m voting for Johnson), but congratulations on getting on another ballot. I hope that the McMullin campaign is taking note of this, that ballot access isn’t gifted to you, that you have to earn it. Gary and Jill have certainly earned theirs.
Do these states where Johnson and Stein are on the ballot as independents count towards the 5 percent needed for federal funding?
I’m guessing yes. John Anderson was on the ballot in a lot of states as an Independent, and still got the five percent money.
“Counting DC as a state” haha, well, they’re officially the DC Statehood Green Party here, so…
The D of C is NOT a State — except for clueless leftwing MORONS.
See the 23rd Amdt for D of C Electoral College machinations.
Oddly enough, I agree with both Bradley and DemoRep — in part, at least. DC is not officially recognized as a state, though it is a 51st Presidential contest since it does have electoral votes as provided in the 23rd Amendment, which passed promptly thanks to active support by Eisenhower, Nixon, and Kennedy! — or so says Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
But the Green Party supports statehood for the District, as is shown by the fact that our DC affiliate is indeed named the DC Statehood Green Party.
I’m quite CERTAIN the Green Party knows that D.C. is not legally a state, but feel it should be thought of as a state because it is allowed electoral votes. From a leftwing MORAN, thank you very much.