Randall Hayes has obtained the number of registered voters in each party in Louisiana, as of June 1. See his blog here, which has the complete list of all parties and how many registrants they have. The most surprising news is that Americans Elect has been running a registration drive in Louisiana. It has 803 registrants.
Louisiana law says a group becomes a qualified party if it obtains at least 1,000 registrants, and also it must pay a fee of $1,000. After it attains party status, it keeps it as long as it runs a candidate (for office other than president, vice-president, or presidential elector) every four years. It is not known if Americans Elect will finish its registration drive to attain the 1,000 registrants needed for party status.
The Republican, Libertarian, Green, and Reform Parties have all gained registrations in Louisiana since January 2012, but Democratic Party registration has declined.
The party registration fee is $1000, not $500.
#1, thanks, I corrected it just now.
It would make tons of sense for the Constitution Party to just become the “Conservative Party of Louisiana” and be the local affiliate. The name would likely play better, anyway, and the registration number is so much closer.
This isn’t about this article, but I didn’t know where else would be appropriate to post this…
In my state of Illinois, the only third party that appears to have a chance of having its presidential nominee on the ballot is the Libertarian Party. A few days ago the Green Party chairman reported that they only had 1/4 of the required signatures needed. With less than a month less of petitioning, they seem unlikely to get the signatures they need. As far as the Constitution Party, it doesn’t matter how many signatures they get because their petition sheet that they are circulated was not created in accordance with the Illinois Election Code.
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Aha! I heard some people were working in Louisiana.
Been trying to figure out on what.
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Doesn’t matter if they do not get challenged.
@5, They will get challenged. This is Illinois: home of the Madigan Machine.
Constitution Party got on by not being challenged, with 300 signatures total, last time.
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In 2008, Nader wasn’t challenged in Illinois. There was also a minor party presidential candidate on the ballot in Illinois in November 2008 named John Polachek. His party was “New Party” and he only submitted one signature, but no one challenged him so he got on. He did not appear on the ballot of any other state.
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