Larry Lessig’s web page says here that he has qualified for primary season matching funds. That will help him get on Democratic presidential primary ballots in Delaware, Montana, and Ohio. Most mainstream presidential candidates no longer filing for primary season matching funds, because recipients are then subject to spending limits that apply state-by-state.
The Federal Election Commission is not permitted to award primary season matching funds until January 1 of the election year.
So this candidate will pay petitioners in Montana to get the required 500 signatures?
It’s unfortunate that San Francisco and other cities (potentially Maine) had adopted IRV. Now look at the Green, Libertarian, independents and even the Republican Party candidates, they are all frustrated, given up hope, and don’t know what to do next. They can’t elect any candidates nor can they work together because of the nature of single-winner districts in SF under IRV.
The 9th USA Parliament has been using pure proportional representation for twenty consecutive years and it works fine.
Here, every committee uses teamwork, every committee has multiple winners based on the proportional of votes cast and we are the premier United Coalition in the USA and around the world.
Look at the new International Parliament as an example of the teamwork, our 359 Members of International Parliament and the Ten Executives:
http://www.international-parliament.org
It’s the USA and International United Coalition sponsored by the 9th USA Parliament:
http://www.usparliament.org/
We are also in process of synchronizing our Unity Platform with all sixteen candidates for US President:
http://www.usparliament.org/platform.php
@David: In Montana, a candidate can qualify for the primary ballot either by getting 500 signatures or by qualifying for primary season matching funds.
You are right about that: “(2) The individual has submitted a declaration for nomination to the secretary of state pursuant to 13-10-201, and the secretary of state has determined, by the time that declarations for nomination are to be filed, that the individual is eligible to receive payments pursuant to the federal Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, 26 U.S.C. 9031, et seq.” So I wonder how the SOS would treat Jill Stein, who is also working to get matching funds. The Green Party is not qualified in Montana.
James, every calendar year, both the Green Party and the Libertarian Party win partisan elections. Furthermore both parties are very hopeful about the 2016 elections. There is a fair probability the Commission on Presidential Debates will expand entry into the general election debates. Also both parties are expecting to do well in general because voter dissatisfaction toward the two major parties is so high.