August 15 is the Utah deadline for presidential candidates of unqualified parties, and independent presidential candidates, to submit their petitions. The state requires 1,000. Five petitions were submitted: Rocky De La Fuente, Alysson Kennedy (Socialist Workers Party), Evan McMullin, Monica … Continue reading
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On August 12, U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald, an Obama appointee, refused injunctive relief to Rocky De La Fuente, who had sued California over the requirement that he submit 178,039 signatures by August 12 to be on the … Continue reading
Greg Orman has this op-ed in the Hutchinson News, about the decision of Kansas TV station WIBW to exclude independent candidate Alan LaPolice from its upcoming debate. LaPolice is the first person to have qualified for a U.S. House seat … Continue reading
On August 15, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer revised her opinion in Johnson v Commission on Presidential Debates, 1:15cv-1580. Her original decision of August 5 had said that the Obama and Romney campaigns in 2012 had set the 15% … Continue reading
Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullen’s petition in Utah has enough valid signatures, according to the Utah elections office. He needed 1,000 valid signatures and the state said he had 1,083 valid. He submitted approximately 2,000 signatures.
On August 15, the West Virginia Secretary of State determined that the Constitution Party has enough valid signatures on its statewide petition. The petition includes nominees for President and Governor. No other statewide petition was submitted in West Virginia this … Continue reading