The Mississippi Secretary of State has rejected the application of the Prohibition Party to be a qualified party. This is an update and reversal to the post of an hour ago. BAN is attempting to learn what was defective in the party’s application.
The Mississippi Secretary of State has rejected the application of the Prohibition Party to be a qualified party. This is an update and reversal to the post of an hour ago. BAN is attempting to learn what was defective in the party’s application.
I would wager that the reason the party did not have a convention this year was to focus its limited resources on ballot access.
Between the recognition of both the Prohibition Party and American Freedom Party this year, has Mississippi significantly eased up its ballot access requirements, or have both parties managed to complete whatever procedures were needed?
Sorry, the original post wasn’t accurate. Mississippi has never changed its original 1890 law on how a party gets on the ballot. It just has to list its state officers. In 2011 Mississippi even let Americans Elect on the ballot even though all the state officers lived outside Mississippi.
The last best hope for ballot status has now left the building. Will this be the first time the Drys are not on the ballot anywhere?
The Prohibition Party has more income now than it has had in any of the last 3 presidential elections, and it will probably be on in at least six states, and Mississippi may be one of them if whatever is wrong with their paperwork can be fixed.
Colorado and Louisiana are pretty obvious ones. What other states are their targets to get to 6?
They are also working on Florida. Alabama Independent has volunteered to help them. Florida should not be too hard, even though they do provide several loops you have to crawl through. Yes, the Party apparently has more dough this time and they should make ballot position in about 6 states.
Alex: The Prohibition Party is shooting for Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Colorado, Florida, and possibly Arkansas.
New Jersey is pretty easy to get on, only 800 signatures are needed. Also if i remember correctly is always worth filing in Illinois, since the petitions there are usually good with even a marginal amount of signatures unless they are challenged.
That’s a big NOPE to Illinois Will. In 2014 the Democrats and Republicans both challenged ballot access petitions of minor parties. The Constitution Party was knocked off the ballot rather quickly by the Republicans, the Green Party was knocked off by Madigan and co. but has two lawsuits still going currently. And the Libertarians went through hell and back (including the Republicans sending armed “private investigators” knocking on the front doors of people who signed their petitions), but managed to get on the ballot in the end.
The Prohibition Party might want to wait until 2020 for Illinois, when the dust settles from what I am hoping is a victory in the Green Party’s lawsuits. The recent Pennsylvania court decision might help bring about a win.
Jim Hedges seems to be a really good representative of the party’s core values and it would be nice to see slates of Prohibition electors on as many ballots as possible. It would be a good gauge of just how many Drys there really are left.
I think the party could gain significant traction if it focused heavily on drug prohibition, in that regard it could become a significant voice against marijuana legalization and i would suspect it would be able to find supporters in states such as Colorado where legalization has already occurred.
I would think Utah might not be a difficult state to get on, as it is very conservative, and has a relatively low threshold for independent candidates. I agree that New Jersey is a relatively easy state, especially since a lot of the party’s activity is in Pennsylvania.
I’m glad more parties are attempting to get on the ballot in Mississippi, it’s overdue. Please keep us updated, Mr. Winger.