1. There are four states with Open Primaries, where candidate file independently of party.

   Washington does not maintain records of the political beliefs of its citizens. If Tom Campbell ran for Congress in Washington, he could state on his application that he preferred Common Sense and that would appear next to his name on the ballot.

   If Tom Campbell ran for Congress in Alaska, he (or others) could establish the Common Sense Party (as a political body). Campbell could register with the Common Sense Party and appear on the ballot as Common Sense.

   Louisiana only requires 1000 registrants to qualify a new party, and the qualification is permanent. Campbell could register as Common Sense. Even if there were not 1000 registrants the ballot would indicate that he registered with a party, rather than no party.

   California is an outlier in that it requires 10’s of thousands voters to register with a party in order for an individual to state their party preference.

2. NOOO party stuff.

   INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES FILE WITH PARTY NAMES IN PR ELECTIONS.

3. Tom Campbell is registered with a party preference of Common Sense. This is simply a matter of fact. Shirley Weber would admit to that fact. In the report she recently prepared of registration, she did not aggregate Campbell’s preference with the No Party Preference or Unknown registrants. She included it with the Miscellaneous Other party preferences. A party preference is personal to the voter.

   Under Article II, Section 5(b) of the California Constitution a candidate for partisan office may have “his or her political party preference” appear on the ballot next to their name.

   There is nothing in the constitution that says “so long as this represents an orthodox, state-authorized, or popular” preference.

4. Is az high?

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