On December 6, the California Secretary of State released the list of presidential primary candidates. There are 20 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 5 American Independent Party candidates, 13 Libertarians, 5 Greens, and two Peace & Freedom candidates.
Howie Hawkins is on the Green ballot and the Peace & Freedom ballot.
It might appear that Rocky De La Fuente is on both the Republican and Democratic ballots, but that is not the case. De La Fuente’s son is running in the Democratic ballot.
A looooooooong primary ballot.
How many FEC Prez candidates magically NOT *generally recognized* by the super-partisan CA SOS HACK ???
https://www.fec.gov/data/raising-bythenumbers/
mere 1,009 FEC folks
there are 6 separate primary ballots, not one big long one.
This explains the double filing in NH and also Texas. The PO Box on those Democratic filings match the PO Box of the FEC filing for Rocky “Eye of the Tiger” III de la Fuente.
Vermin Supreme is on the Libertarian ballot. How many voters will pick a Libertarian ballot so as to vote for him?
#ponypower
@DR,
I heard a rumor that there was someone in Michigan was keeping track of all the FEC candidates.
it might say something about Joe Sestak’s 2020 campaign that he ended his campaign this week and still made this list because apparently nobody in the CA office noticed the news
Is it the same Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente running as both a Republican and American Independent?
Only the FEC and somebody in Texas care are about ALL those *recognized* Prez candidates ???
How many ballot access lawsuits by the *** NOT recognized *** candidates ???
Any endorsements by S. Stallone [of the Rocky movies series] for any Rocky ???
@BH,
Candidates had to submit proof of recognition, which likely in Sestak’s case was that he had filed in New Hampshire.
Candidates can withdraw, but only by proving they aren’t running anywhere (you can’t sdimply ask to be off the California ballot).
Sestak might or might not bother. Since no filing fee was involved in California there is no reason to act.
Demo Rep Asked: Any endorsements by S. Stallone [of the Rocky movies series] for any Rocky ???
If you are talking about the Hollywood actor…unlikely. Stallone is a pretty solid, conservative Republican.
So the name “De La Fuente” actually appears on THREE primary ballots in California. Why did he not go for the other primaries as well?
WZ –
How MANY PREZ PRIMARY BALLOT ACCESS MACHINATIONS IN 2016-2019 SO FAR ???
A NATIONAL CANDIDATE NEEDS AN ARMY OF BAN TYPE DATABASERS AND LAWYERS TO KEEP TRACK —
FILING DEADLINES, PETS OR NO PETS, ETC ETC ETC
@Jim Riley: Part of my amusement is the fact that Bullock and Kamala Harris, who are both on the ballot in various states, dropped out after Sestak and neither was listed in CA. But Sestak, who was essentially anonymous as a candidate, couldn’t get this withdrawal acknowledged.
At least the 2020 candidate lists appear consistent with how the 2016 Dem primary list ended up with 7 candidates (Clinton, Sanders, and 5 others)
@WZ,
“Recognition” in California requires an affirmative act on the part of a candidate, who must submit proof of candidacy. For major party candidates, this is generally qualifying for a primary. It is easy to qualify for the NH primary ($1000), and 50 candidates (33 Democrats and 17 Republicans) did so. What is surprising is that so few followed through in California. Perhaps they were discouraged by the tax return requirement and not realizing it was enjoined.
This year, the Libertarian primary in New Hampshire also served. The statute does not specify whether the primary is state-administered/funded or not.
For minor party candidates, a written request submitted on behalf of the candidate by the party, plus a website. The AIP submitted a list that included RDLF and President Trump. Apparently Trump chose not to run in the primary and RDLF did.
Write-ins are permitted in California. The application merely requires the person to state a belief that their name will be written in, and that they “endorse” the effort. There was one election that I came across where Ralph Nader was a write-in in every primary.
There is a process in California where a write-in candidate may provide alternative spellings of their name (e.g. Walt Zebra, Walter Zoobro, Mark Ziobroberg, Wally Z, Wilbur Ziobro, etc.)
@BH,
The SOS is required to contact the candidates on her list and inform them that they can withdraw. They have until December 26. The SOS could not go off their twitter feed.
The principle of the “open” presidential primary in California is that the SOS would determine who was running. But you can’t force someone to have their name on the ballot. They have the right to disassociate them from an election.
In the past, when California had a June primary, candidates could withdraw after a poor performance in Iowa, New Hampshire, or even the Super Tuesday primaries which are three months before the traditional June date.
Joe Sestak may not have the campaign staff to actively withdraw. If you were a paid staffer, you are going to be job hunting. Through 9/30 he only had three paid staffers. They were getting paid about 40K-50K per year. Someone who was young and enthusiastic and seeking experience would work for that much, but would not be socking away much to pay off student loans, eat, rent, etc. Perhaps Sestak could convince one to stay on to run down the campaign – depending on how much money is left to pay them.
Bullock had 10X the contributions, and Harris 100X the contributions.
Ballot access ONLY via ONLY nom pets —
some sort of REAL *modicum of support* by REAL voters — one more JUNK phrase invented by SCOTUS HACKS
NOT via SOS HACKS
NOT via Party HACKS
NOT via media HACKS.
Too many MORONS to count love the byzantine JUNK and olde rotted machinations in the rotted past by the various rotted HACKS.
It’s shocking that Ogle didn’t make the list.
WILL OGLE SUE — AND TAKE DOWN ALL OF THE *RECOGNIZED* ROT ???