Nebraska requires 2,500 signatures for independent presidential candidates, due August 3. No one submitted such a petition this year.
Nebraska has three ballot-qualified parties: Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Geez, are the Greens even trying this year? Sounds like they’ll be on less states than 2016.
The Greens will definitely be on in fewer states this year. They’ll still get most of them, though. Maybe 38+dc or so, compared to 44+dc in 2016.
According to Wikipaedia, the Greens are definitely on in 30 states + DC. That same article lists them as “pending” in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. PA and Wisconsin may require litigation. I’m not sure what the status is in Montana. As far as I can tell, there aren’t many states left that they can qualify for. I’m thinking all that is left are Rhode Island, Kentucky, Arizona, and North Dakota. To get to 38, they’d have to succeed in all of these states, have Tennessee validated, and win litigation in Montana, PA, and Wisconsin. So it seems 38 is their ceiling, and they may not even hit that.
I expect the Green Party will win in court in Wisconsin.
Richard, hopefully your Wisconsin expectation is not based on the same half dozen cases you cited for your incorrect Marshall Wilson West Virginia expectation.
Yeah, 38 is slightly too high. The wikipedia article doesn’t match Hawkins’ web site in a few places. For example, Hawkins’ web site lists Ohio as write-in only, while wikipedia lists him as on the ballot. Wiki says he is on the ballot in PA, while Hawkins’ web site only says petitions turned in and awaiting approval.
Hawkins site says he has write in status in 8 states: AL, GA, IN, KS, MT, NE, NH, OH.
It also says he has no ballot access in 2 states: NV, SD.
In the last few days, Richard has said that the Greens did not submit a petition in 3 states: WY, VA, and ID.
Right now they seem to be on in 29+DC and have an upper limit (assuming they don’t win lawsuits in the 13 above) of 37+dc. AZ, KY, ND, OK, PA, RI, TN and WI are the 8 still up in the air and some of those seem more likely than others.
Jill Stein was on 44 states plus DC in 2016. Howie Hawkins will be on significantly less ballots.
Stein was on in 36+DC in 2012. It isn’t a sure thing that Hawkins will match that.
I’m given to understand that Richard Duncan, who has petitioned his way onto the Ohio presidential ballot in each of the past four elections or so, gave his ballot line to Hawkins.