The Ninth Circuit has three California cases filed by minor parties or independent candidates. Soltysik v Padilla, 16-55758, challenges state law that won’t let members of unqualified parties have their party label on ballots, if they are running for Congress … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
According to this story, the Alaska Libertarian Party has nominated Joe Miller for U.S. Senate. In 2010 he was the Republican nominee for the same seat. … Continue reading
The new voter registration data for Colorado shows that Libertarian registration is now at 1.02% of the state total. This is the first time Libertarian registration has exceeded 1% of any state’s total, except that the Alaska Libertarian registration has … Continue reading
The North Dakota petition deadline for independent candidates is Tuesday, September 6. Three presidential petitions were submitted: Darrell Castle, Rocky De La Fuente, and Jill Stein. Evan McMullin decided not to petition in North Dakota. North Dakota permits labels for … Continue reading
The Kentucky Secretary of State has determined that Jill Stein’s presidential petition is valid. The office won’t check the De La Fuente and McMullin petitions until they are submitted, of course. The petition deadline in Kentucky is Friday, September 9.