The ballot-qualified Minnesota Independence Party does not have a presidential nominee. But it is interested in making an endorsement in the presidential race. Therefore, it has scheduled an endorsement convention for 12:30 p.m. Saturday, October 25, at Eastview High School Auditorium, Apple Valley, Minnesota. The seven presidential candidates, or their representatives, who are on the ballot in Minnesota are invited to appear. The seven candidates on the ballot are the six who are on the ballot in states containing a majority of the electoral college, and also Roger Calero of the Socialist Workers Party. Thanks to Gene Berkman for this news.
Does Minnesota have fusion laws, so that this nominee would appear on the ballot twice?
Even if there is fusion in MN, by the date of the MN IP endorsement, I’ll bet the state will have already printed the ballots?
Minnesota does not have fusion. Furthermore, this is just an endorsement meeting, not a meeting called to nominate anyone.
Anybody ever get full results from the MN-IP caucuses in February/March?
All I got was an email noting that Bloomberg won 50%, Obama won 20%, Paul won 20%, and others won 10%
My guess is—Bob Barr or Ralph Nader win the endorsement,if either one of them seek it.
I think Ralph Nader will seek it,and get it.
Ralph nader will probably get it. It’d be funny if Obama got it, just as an FU to Frank McKay.
So called Reform Party’s [court monitored] DFW convention ‘ticket’ and sad joke of Weill and McNulty? 2008 could have been a valid challenge to the duopoly, instead of the third party road show of the National Clown College.
I expect they will either not endorse because of divisions, or they will endorse Obama. Nader is a possibility, more than any of the other alternative candidates.
A consideration is how their endorsement will effect Dean Barkley’s race for Senate. An endorsement of Obama may lose him dissaffected conservative votes, but could help get votes from Dems & liberals who are uncomfortable with Al Franken as a candidate.