The Virginia Reform Party has launched an effort to draft Jim Webb for President. See here. The web page is draftwebb2016.com.
The Reform Party is free to begin circulating a petition listing Webb as its presidential nominee, without the need for Webb to take any action at all. However, such petitions in Virginia can’t begin to circulate until January 4, 2016. Also Virginia permits stand-ins for candidates named on petitions, so the Reform Party of Virginia is also free to launch a petition that names a stand-in for both President and Vice-President.
I was under the impression that the Reform Party had disintegrated. In how many states do they still have an organized presence?
I don’t know, but the party has a web page that might show that. It is only on the ballot now in Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
They still have some organization in several other states, but getting on the ballot is another story.
They are on the ballot in Florida, Louisiana, and New York. The Reform Party in Mississippi is also ballot qualified, but has little to no connection to the national party. Webb may accept the party’s nomination just for the New York ballot line, but he’ll probably just run independent. It would be a big gain for the party if it did happen though.
There is a faction in New Jersey that occasionally still puts candidates on the ballot, but usually only 1 or two for assembly seats.
Is the New York Reform Party affiliated with the national party, or is it the remnants of the Stop Common Core Party?
Both. The former SCCP renamed itself the Reform Party and affiliated with the national party. It’s still mostly controlled by Republicans and mostly cross-endorses Republicans, but it is a state party affiliate.