Oregon held primaries for the Democratic and Republican Parties on May 15. No Republican appeared on the primary ballot for either Treasurer or Attorney General. However, write-in candidates campaigned for the nominations. Although the write-ins aren’t tallied yet, the unofficial … Continue reading
Ohio law requires a write-in candidate for statewide office in a small party’s primary to poll 500 write-ins, in order to get the nomination. It isn’t enough for the candidate to outpoll any opponents. This blog reported on March 28 … Continue reading
WPDE-TV has this story about the attempts by some of the Democratic and Republican Party candidates who were kept off primary ballots to petition their way onto the November ballot as independent candidates. The film features one such candidate going … Continue reading
On May 15, Nebraska held a presidential primary for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian Parties. Here is a link to the unofficial results, via the Secretary of State’s web page. Gary Johnson won the Libertarian primary and Roger Gary placed … Continue reading
On May 15, the Alabama Secretary of State determined that the Americans Elect petition has enough valid signatures. Americans Elect is the first statewide petition in that state (whether newly-qualifying party or statewide independent candidate) to have completed a petition … Continue reading
