Louisiana has five ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, Independent, Libertarian, and Green. Louisiana allows independent presidential candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, to be on the ballot by paying a fee of $500. Ten presidential candidates used the filing fee method: the nominees of the Constitution, Socialism & Liberation, Socialist Workers, American Solidarity, and Unity Parties; and independents Jade Simmons, R. Boddie, Kanye West, Brock Pierce, and Tom Hoefling.
The Secretary of State has posted a candidate list at his website, although it doesn’t yet have the presidential nominees of any qualified parties, except for the Libertarian Party. The Independent Party is not expected to have a presidential nominee. Use this link. For president, choose “presidential electors” and use the button at the top to get the results. Thanks to Joshua Fauver for the link.
By coincidence, the 2020 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary also had fourteen candidates on the ballot.
What about Rocky De La Fuente? I know he was trying to get on there.
Please note that R. Boddie should actually be President R. Boddie. President is his legal given first name. Apparently the Secretary of State got confused.
At the other end of the country: Brock Pierce and Jorgensen are listed as on in Alaska, and I see Tittle and PRESIDENT R. Boddie as a write-ins, but nothing for Howie, Blankenship, or J.R. Myers: https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/GeneralCandidateList.php#President
Thus, why does the Constitution Party have that state colored in green for completed ballot access on their website?
http://www.constitutionparty.com/elections/ballot-access/
What’s next —
Emperor A.B.
Tyrant A.B.
Killer A.B.
etc
???
All more of the sewer degeneration of elections ???
No filings for De La Fuente and Phil Collins. That’s a little surprising.
Literally every presidential campaign should be on the ballot in Louisiana. If not, they either aren’t organized enough to know each state’s laws or they can’t find people to be electors. Find some winos and give them 20 bucks a piece to do it (Note that this would still not help the Prohibition Party).
I agree with Curt Boyd. For only $500 I find it difficult to believe that Rocky de la Fuente and Phil Collins didn’t take advantage of very reasonable ballot access.
It’s a shame the Socialist Equality Party someone didn’t get in tune to this. I know Louisiana was one of the only states they were on the ballot in 2016, and frankly, they should have been able to hit this.
The Green Party’s Howie Hawkins is noticably absent from this list.
They still have to submit electors in order to appear on the ballot. But, upon further reading, the deadline for ballot qualified parties is the 28th, not the 21st like it is for independent or non-ballot qualified parties’ candidates. So they GPLA has another week to submit it’s paperwork.
The Prohibition Party did attempt to get on ballot in Lousianna. The state of Louisianna has some rather particular rules as to who can be electors and how the paperwork is filed. The coronavirus outbreak largely impaired efforts to find electors. So it was dediced that the party would focus reasources on trying to get on ballot in other states.
President R. Boddie is also a certified write-in in Alaska, but no Green or Constitution Party listed: https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/GeneralCandidateList.php#President
Yet. The Green Party and Constitution Party are on the ballot in Alaska, they’re just not listed. Secretary of State websites, believe it or not, aren’t great resources for information on candidate ballot access. That’s why I’m so thankful for Richard Winger and BAN.
OK, so who is the Constitution Party of Alaska’s nominee? J.R. Myers or Don Blankenship? Or someone else? Isn’t the CP Alaska now affiliated with the Life and Liberty Party? Their facebook page would lead one to believe so: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Political-Organization/Alaska-Constitution-Party-109853572382780/
Jonathan Makeley- Other than the Vermont gift this year this is as close to a gift as it gets! I find it difficult to believe that WCTU and other organizations of kindred beliefs could not have found enough qualified electors. A real lost opportunity for the Drys.
“OK, so who is the Constitution Party of Alaska’s nominee? J.R. Myers or Don Blankenship? Or someone else?”
I asked, but Richard never answered, so I assume he doesn’t know either.
It’s $500 and a handful of electors. How hard is that? If you can’t pony up $500 and get eight qualified people to be your electors, you are not a real candidate.
Does Colorado require a list of electors? If so, why do they have so many candidates at twice the money?
Colorado is easier because the candidates for presidential elector can live anywhere in the state. Louisiana requires one elector candidate from each US House district.
The Green Party of Alaska may be deciding on Thursday whether it wants to put the Hawkins/Walker ticket on the ballot:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1245262689142472