On March 14, Americans Elect started its Texas petition drive, according to this press release. Texas had been the only state which has a party-petition procedure that Americans Elect had not yet started. A “party-petition procedure” is a petition that does not list any candidates; it just mentions the name of the party and asks voters to sign the petition to put that party on the ballot.
The only remaining places in which Americans Elect has apparently not started petitioning yet are Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Also Americans Elect hasn’t started its registration drive in Delaware. No petitioning is needed in Louisiana because a presidential nominee of an unqualified party can qualify as late as September, and have the party name on the ballot, with a filing fee of $500. Generally, the states in which Americans Elect isn’t petitioning yet are states that require a presidential candidate’s name on the ballot. Sometimes stand-ins are permitted. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
Hoping this effort will garner some media coverage in Texas, but I suspect that the continuing reality show circus that is the Republican primary campaign will consume the oxygen in the media room. Especially if Texas is actually “in play” come our primary vote in late May. If May 29 is even the primary voting date.
Here comes the migrating herd of liars and scammers. I wonder if they will be telling people it’s a petition for cheap gas like they were in California. They can’t get any traction publicity wise, becasue very few of the people who signed in support of Americans Elect walked away knowing it even existed. That’s what you would expect when you hire a bottom of the barrel firm like APC who cares more about the flow of money (deserved or not- ask his last three clients) than the interests of their clients. I’m glad I don’t live in Texas and they are done in California. While this hasn’t eliminated the fraud that pops here every two years, at least some of the worst offenders are riding Americans Elect trainwreck from state to state (probably one step ahead of the law). This begs the question, “If a political party forms in the wilderness and there is no one to witness it, does it exist?”
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