In Iowa, only the Republican and Democratic Parties are qualified parties, so all other parties must place their presidential nominee on the ballot by petition. Seven such petitions succeeded. They required 1,500 signatures.
The seven are: Don Blankenship, Rocky De La Fuente, Howie Hawkins, Jo Jorgensen, Ricki Sue King, Brock Pierce, and Kanye West. Ricki Sue King lives in Windsor Heights, Iowa, and her ballot label is “Genealogy Know Your Family History.”
Here is a link to the Iowa Secretary of State’s web page, listing the candidates for all federal and state office.
A genealogy-based party would do best in Utah.
Genealogy Know Your Family History
So inspiring. That’s it, out with Howie, I’m endorsing King 😛
Excellent.
Nice little write-up on King here:
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2020/08/16/iowas-first-black-woman-presidential-candidate/
Genealogy is a popular hobby and good clean fun. She’ll probably outperform expectations.
I’m a little surprised we don’t see more people using easy ballot labels to advertise their services. Where’s the “Lose Weight Now – Ask Me How” candidate?
ANNOUNCEMENT
By James Ogle [Black Panther]
8/18/2020
The competition between two Black Panther Party Vice Presidential candidates heated up today with the first comparisons between the two men ranked bottom last in PPR Electoral College as smallest party with two seats.
The discussions continue next week and special thanks to the questions asked and answers provided by everyone in the one-hour event today.
Thank you to candidate Anthony Jamison [Black Panther] and James Ogle [Black Panther], one or both of whom, might be elected #s 1 and/or #2 while ongoing votes of confidence in the PPR Electoral College continue.
United Coalition USA
http://Www.pprelectoralcollege.com
So Ogle’s a Black Panther now?
I find it weird that the DeLafuente campaign petitioned in Maine and Iowa but not Illinois where 2500 signatures were needed and obviously the state is worth a lot more in electoral votes. Good to see Iowa will have a few choices on the ballot though
ANY ADAM&EVE PARTY ???
Why was the Libertarian Party required to petition when Gary Johnson polled well above 2% on 2016? I know they only got 1.6% for Governor in 2018 but the summary article I read about ballot access in Iowa said you needed 2% in the last presidential or gubernatorial race.
The Iowa vote test must be met every two years.
No party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, had met the Iowa vote test two elections in a row since 1920. There have been many bills in the legislature to ease the test, but they never pass.
Thanks. The state by state summary on the nass.org website suggested that better than 2% in the last presidential race was also good enough. Obviously that is not the case.