CNN RULES WOULD HAVE BARRED EVERY INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR LAST 112 YEARS
On May 15, CNN announced rules for getting into its June 27 presidential debate: (1) the candidate must have been at 15% or above in four national polls; and (2) the candidate must certified for the ballot in states with at least 270 electoral votes, by June 20.
The second rule, if it had been in effect over the last 112 years, would have barred every independent presidential candidate, and every presidential nominee of a new party, no matter how much popular support the candidate had enjoyed.
1912: Theodore Roosevelt, the nominee of the new Progressive Party, was not nominated by his new party until August 5. Furthermore, the Progressive Party did not even exist until after Roosevelt was defeated at the Republican convention on June 18-22.
1924: Robert La Follette, an independent progressive candidate, had not even declared his candidacy until July 4.
1936: William Lemke, nominee of the new Union Party, was not nominated until August 13, and his party did not exist until late June.
1948: Henry Wallace, the nominee of the Progressive Party and the American Labor Party, was only on the ballot in eleven states at the time of the party’s national convention, which was July 24-25. See the book Gideon’s Army, by Curtis MacDougall, page 445, in Volume Two. These eleven states were: Alabama, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia. They had 192 electoral votes. An electoral vote majority was 266.
1968: George Wallace, who was not nominated by the national convention of any party, but who set up many one-state parties, was only on the ballot in nineteen states as of June 20, at most: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. This information is from various news stories.
Although his party, the American Independent Party, was on the ballot in California, it had not yet nominated him, because state law required the party to nominate in August, at the state convention. The states in which Wallace was on the ballot as of June 20 had 192 electoral votes. Even as late as August 16, he was only on the ballot in 38 states, according to a newspaper story dated August 16 that ran in many newspapers.
1980: John B. Anderson, independent presidential candidate, was only on the ballot in four states as of July 1, according to an AP story dated July 1. They were Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Utah, which had a total of 41 electoral votes. Furthermore, after that story ran, Anderson was challenged in court in North Carolina, although he won the case.
1992: Ross Perot, independent candidate, was only on the ballot in twelve states as of June 15. They were Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. They had a total of 119 electoral votes. See the June 15, 1992 Ballot Access News, page seven.
1996: Ross Perot, nominee of the Reform Party, was not nominated until August 18, when the results of the party’s mail-in presidential primary were counted. His nomination had not been assured, because he had a vigorous opponent for the nomination, former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm.
The CNN rule about being on the ballot was probably written by individuals who had no knowledge of the typical time-line for presidential candidates running as independents, or as nominees of new parties.
In contrast to CNN, the League of Women Voters in 1980 did not require John Anderson to prove that he was on the ballot in states with a majority of the electoral vote when they invited him into their September 21 debate. They did have a requirement that the candidate be qualified in states with a majority of the electoral vote, but they accepted probability statements. If Anderson showed he had submitted a petition with a big margin, the League accepted that he would be on the ballot in that state.
CNN’s rules are not internally consistent. They require certainty for the independent candidate to show ballot placement, but they only require probability for the Democratic and Republican invitees. Neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump can prove that they will be on any ballots in November, because neither one of them has been nominated by his party. That happens July 17 for the Republicans. The date of the Democratic virtual roll-call vote is not yet set, but will be in late July or August.
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE MOVES PETITION DEADLINE FROM JUNE TO MAY
On May 25, the Illinois legislature passed HB 4488, which moves the petition deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties from June to May. Governor J. B. Pritzker hasn’t acted on the bill yet.
Assuming the bill becomes law, it is likely to be held unconstitutional. Even the old June Illinois deadline was enjoined in U.S. District Court, in 2000, in Nader 2000 Primary v Illinois State Board of Elections. Unfortunately no declaratory judgment was issued in the 2000 case, and then in another case also filed by Ralph Nader in 2004, the Seventh Circuit upheld the June deadline.
May deadlines have been struck down in Idaho and Massachusetts. June deadlines have been struck down in Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, and South Dakota.
The bill also shrinks the petitioning period from 90 days to 60 days.
OHIO EASES DEADLINE FOR PARTIES
On June 2, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed HB 2, the bill that moves the deadline for a qualified party to certify the names of its presidential and vice-presidential nominees from 90 days before the election to 65 days. This bill helps the Democratic Party, because under the old deadline, the national convention was later than the deadline.
Oddly, however, the Democratic National Committee still plans to hold a virtual roll-call of its delegates before the national convention. This idea first came up because of the Ohio deadline problem, but now that the problem has been fixed, the party still plans to nominate before its convention. The date for the rollcall has not yet been set.
BALLOT ACCESS LAWSUITS
Nevada: on June 10, the state Democratic Party sued the Secretary of State to remove the Green Party from the ballot. The lawsuit claims there aren’t enough valid signatures, even though the Secretary of State had only given some of the petitions to the Democrats. Nevada Democratic Party v Green Party, 1st jud. Dist., 24OC-00107.
Nevada(2): on June 20, two voters filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State to keep Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. off the ballot. Rockenfeller v Aguilar, 1st jud. Dist., 24OC-00011. It says that because Kennedy is a registered Democrat, he can’t be an independent candidate. Similar lawsuits have failed in every state in which they have been tried, and no presidential or vice presidential candidate has ever been kept off a general election ballot on those grounds.
Nevada(3): on May 31, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit against the Secretary of State to settle whether the independent candidate petition needs a vice presidential nominee. Team Kennedy v Aguilar, 2:24cv-01027.
New Jersey: on June 25, a voter filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State to keep Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. off the ballot. Salmon v Way, Mercer Co. The basis is that Kennedy received write-ins in the June 4 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, so therefore he is a “sore loser”. New Jersey does not have a write-in declaration of candidacy procedure.
New York: on June 10, a voter sued to keep Kennedy off the ballot on the grounds that his paperwork lists the wrong address. Cartwright v Kennedy, Dutchess County Supreme Court, 52389/2024. On June 11, another sued Kennedy on the grounds that his petitioners lied about the contents of the petition. Smith v Kennedy, Nassau Co. Supreme Court, 00427/2024.
New York(2): on May 29, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. filed a federal lawsuit against the law that forces independent candidates to choose their presidential electoral candidates before they begin to petition, while qualified parties need not choose them until October. The lawsuit also attacks the ban on paying petitioners on a per-signature basis, and the ban on a circulator working for two different candidates for the same office. Team Kennedy v Berger, s.d., 1:24cv-03897.
OTHER LAWSUITS
Georgia: on June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Rose v Raffensperger, 23-1060. This is the case over whether Public Service Commissioners should be elected statewide or by districts. The Eleventh Circuit had ruled in favor of statewide elections.
Illinois: on June 5, a state trial court struck down the new law that eliminates the ability of a qualified party to nominate someone after the primary is over for a legislative seat. Collazo v State Board of Elections, Sangamon Co. Circuit Court, 24-CH-32. The basis was that the law cannot take effect the year it was passed. On June 14, the Speaker of the Illinois House filed an appeal.
New York: on May 30, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla, a Obama appointee, struck down the law that makes it illegal for anyone to give food, drink, or tobacco to any voter waiting in line to vote. Brooklyn Branch of the NAACP v Kosinski, s.d., 1:21cv-7667. The basis is the free speech part of the First Amendment. The state is not appealing.
North Dakota: on June 2, the plaintiffs in Hendrix v Howe, 1:23cv-185, voluntarily dropped the lawsuit. It challenges the ban on out-of-state circulators for initiatives. The attorney, who also represents Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said he is too busy with Kennedy cases to do this case.
LIBERTARIAN CONVENTION
On May 26, the Libertarian Party national convention nominated Chase Oliver for President and Mike ter Maat for Vice President. The presidential vote took seven rounds. After each round, the lowest candidate, and also anyone with less than 5% of the vote were eliminated. However, party rules say that “None of the Above” (NOTA) is always a choice on every ballot, and is never eliminated.
The candidates in the first round were, in order of finish: Michael Rectenwald, Chase Oliver, Mike ter Maat, Lars Mapstead, Joshua Smith, Jacob Hornberger, Charles Ballay, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Josh Anderson (“Toad”), and Art Olivier. Anderson and Olivier are not included on page four. Anderson received 16 votes: Az. 1, Cal. 1, Co. 7, Ga. 1, Ma. 1, N.H. 4, Pa. 1. Olivier received four votes. Kennedy had consented to be nominated just before the convention but did not make a campaign effort.
The vote by state for the first six rounds is below. In the seventh round, the only choices were Chase Oliver and NOTA.
| 1st BALLOT | 2nd BALLOT | |||||||||||||
| STATE | REC | CHASE | TER | LARS | SMITH | HORN | BALL | RFK | REC | CHASE | TER | LARS | SMITH | HORN |
| Ala | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ariz | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Ark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Cal | 37 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| Colo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ct | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Del | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fla | 7 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ga | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Hi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Id | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ill | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ind | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ky | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| La | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Me | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Md | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mass | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Mich | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Minn | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Miss | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mo | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neb | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nev | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| NJ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| NM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NY | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| NoC | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| NoD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ok | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Ore | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pa | 17 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| RI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SoC | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SoD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tn | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex | 12 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Ut | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Vt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Va | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Wa | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| WV | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wi | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Wy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| TOT | 259 | 181 | 141 | 122 | 73 | 59 | 21 | 19 | 293 | 219 | 162 | 123 | 62 | 37 |
REC is Michael Rectenwald. TER is Mike ter Maat. LARS is Lars Mapstead. HORN is Jacob Hornberger.
| 3rd BALLOT | 4th BALLOT | 5th BALLOT | 6th BALLOT | |||||||||||
| STATE | REC | CHASE | TER | LARS | SMITH | REC | CHASE | TER | LARS | REC | CHASE | TER | CHASE | REC |
| Ala | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Alas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ariz | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Ark | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Cal | 40 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 30 | 45 |
| Colo | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Ct | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Del | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| DC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fla | 10 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 17 |
| Ga | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 16 |
| Hi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Id | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ill | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
| Ind | 1 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 32 | 5 |
| Iowa | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Kan | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Ky | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| La | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Me | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Md | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Mass | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Mich | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| Minn | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Miss | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Mo | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Mt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Neb | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Nev | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| NH | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| NJ | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| NM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| NY | 8 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 |
| NoC | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 11 |
| NoD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ohio | 5 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 |
| Ok | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ore | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Pa | 20 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 24 |
| RI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| SoC | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| SoD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tn | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Tex | 13 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 22 | 49 | 12 |
| Ut | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Vt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Va | 12 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 17 |
| Wa | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| WV | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Wi | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| Wy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOT | 319 | 230 | 165 | 137 | 45 | 335 | 231 | 175 | 139 | 334 | 286 | 225 | 423 | 382 |
REC is Michael Rectenwald. TER is Mike ter Maat. LARS is Lars Mapstead. HORN is Jacob Hornberger.
The vote in the seventh round (each state entry lists Chase first and NOTA second): AL 6,4; AK 3,2; AZ 8,15; AR 7,0; CA 37,37; CO 5,10; CT 7,3; DE 0,5; DC 0,2; FL 31,10; GA 22,9; HI 0,4; ID 0,4; IL 15,3; IN 34,0; IA 7,4; KS 7,2; KY 6,1; LA 5,3; ME 5,1; MD 8,13;MA 5,11; MI 16,2; MN 8,7; MS 4,3; MO 6,2; MT 0,5; NE 0,8; NV 1,11; NH 1,3; NJ 8,8; NM 0,3; NY 27,7; NC 17,1; ND 2,1; OH 21,3; OK 9,0; OR 3,9; PA 16,22; RI 3,0; SC 15,1; SD 2,0; TN 2,19; TX 51,12; UT 8,2; VT 0,0; VA 23,16; WA 17,3; WV 3,4; WI 16,2; WY 0,3. Totals: 497,300.
2024 PRESIDENTIAL PETITIONING
The petitioning chart below continues the tradition of listing which minor parties are ballot-qualified in each state, whether the state unit of that party expects to honor the presidential decision of the national convention or not. The Montana and Colorado Libertarian Parties, which are on the ballot, have said they will not place Chase Oliver on the ballot, but leaders of both factions in the national party are working to reverse that decision. The Nevada and Utah Constitution Parties have said they will not put Randall Terry on the ballot, and instead will put Joel Skousen on. Skousen had been defeated at the national convention of the Constitution Party. The Oregon Constitution Party will put Randall Terry on the ballot, even though it is not affiliated with the national Constitution Party.
| State | Requirements | Signatures or Registrations Obtained | Deadline | |||||
| Full Party | Candidate | Libertarian | Green | Constitu. | RFK Jr. | West | ||
| Ala. | 42,458 | 5,000 | *100 | *2,200 | 0 | *2,000 | *1,500 | Aug. 23 |
| Alaska | (reg) 5,000 | 3,614 | already on | finished | already on | *finished | already on | Aug. 7 |
| Ariz. | 34,116 | (es) #43,000 | already on | already on | 0 | *30,000 | *5,000 | Aug. 17 |
| Ark. | 10,000 | 5,000 | already on | already on | 0 | *4,000 | *2,000 | Aug. 1 |
| Calif. | (reg) (es) 75,000 | 219,403 | already on | already on | 271 | already on | 0 | Aug. 9 |
| Colo. | 10,000 | 12,000 | already on | already on | already on | *finished | already on | Aug. 7 |
| Conn. | no procedure | #7,500 | already on | *3,550 | 0 | *6,000 | 1,000 | Aug. 7 |
| Del. | *(reg) 769 | *7,690 | already on | *729 | finished | *already on | *200 | Aug. 20 |
| D.C. | no procedure | (est.) #5,200 | *0 | already on | *0 | *0 | *50 | Aug. 7 |
| Florida | 0 | 145,040 | already on | already on | already on | *already on | 0 | Sept. 1 |
| Georgia | 69,884 | #7,500 | already on | already on | 0 | *12,000 | *4,000 | July 9 |
| Hawaii | 862 | *5,798 | already on | already on | 0 | already on | *400 | Aug. 7 |
| Idaho | 17,359 | 1,000 | already on | already on | already on | *finished | *100 | Aug. 30 |
| Illinois | no procedure | #25,000 | *finished | *finished | *too late | *finished | *too late | June 24 |
| Indiana | no procedure | #36,944 | already on | *40,000 | 0 | *60,000 | *2,000 | July 1 |
| Iowa | no procedure | #3,500 | already on | 160 | 0 | finished | *400 | Aug. 16 |
| Kansas | 20,180 | 5,000 | already on | *670 | 0 | *6,000 | *300 | Aug. 5 |
| Ky. | no procedure | #5,000 | *200 | *300 | 0 | *500 | *350 | Sept. 6 |
| La. | (reg) 1,000 | #pay fee | already on | already on | 161 | 0 | 0 | Aug. 23 |
| Maine | (reg) 5,000 | #4,000 | already on | already on | 0 | *4,500 | *900 | Aug. 1 |
| Md. | 10,000 | 10,000 | already on | 6,500 | 0 | *13,500 | *4,000 | Aug. 5 |
| Mass. | *(reg) 47,816 | #10,000 | already on | *6,000 | (reg) 330 | *9,000 | *5,000 | July 30 |
| Mich. | 44,478 | *12,000 | already on | already on | already on | *already on | *finished | July 18 |
| Minn. | *125,534 | #2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aug. 20 |
| Miss. | be organized | 1,000 | already on | already on | already on | *finished | *300 | Sept. 6 |
| Mo. | 10,000 | 10,000 | already on | *13,000 | 2,000 | *15,000 | *3,000 | July 29 |
| Mont. | 5,000 | #5,000 | already on | already on | 0 | 2,500 | *500 | Aug. 14 |
| Nebr. | 6,605 | 2,500 | already on | 0 | 0 | finished | *1,100 | Aug. 1 |
| Nev. | 10,096 | 10,096 | already on | finished | already on | *in court | 300 | July 5 |
| N. Hamp. | 18,575 | #3,000 | *2,500 | *12 | *1,000 | finished | 400 | Aug. 7 |
| N.J. | no procedure | #800 | *100 | *800 | *finished | finished | *!,200 | July 29 |
| N. M. | 3,562 | 3,562 | already on | already on | 0 | *finished | finished | June 27 |
| N.Y. | no procedure | #45,000 | *too late | *too late | *too late | *finished | *too late | in court |
| No. Car. | 13,757 | 82,542 | already on | already on | *disputed | *disputed | *disputed | May 18 |
| No. Dak. | 7,000 | 4,000 | *already on | 0 | 0 | 1,200 | *300 | Sept. 3 |
| Ohio | 40,345 | 5,000 | finished | *finished | 0 | finished | *4,000 | Aug. 7 |
| Okla. | 35,592 | pay fee | already on | 0 | 0 | already on | 0 | July 15 |
| Oregon | 29,294 | 23,737 | already on | already on | already on | *4,000 | already on | Aug. 27 |
| Penn. | no procedure | #5,000 | *3,000 | *4,300 | *2,500 | *finished | *4,500 | Aug. 1 |
| R.I. | 17,884 | #1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sept. 6 |
| So. Car. | 10,000 | 10,000 | already on | already on | already on | *already on | already on | July 15 |
| So. Dak. | 3,502 | 3,502 | already on | 0 | 0 | *3,300 | *200 | Aug. 6 |
| Tenn. | 43,498 | 275 | in court | *100 | *100 | *finished | *40 | Aug. 20 |
| Texas | 81,030 | 113,151 | already on | already on | too late | finished | too late | May 28 |
| Utah | 2,000 | #1,000 | already on | already on | already on | already on | already on | *June 1 |
| Vermont | be organized | #1,000 | already on | 500 | *50 | *1,500 | already on | Aug. 1 |
| Virginia | no procedure | #5,000 | *6,000 | *900 | *1,500 | *6,000 | *1,100 | Aug. 23 |
| Wash. | no procedure | #1,000 | *0 | *1,000 | *0 | *finished | *100 | July 27 |
| West Va. | no procedure | #7,948 | already on | already on | 0 | *3,000 | *400 | Aug. 1 |
| Wisc. | 10,000 | #2,000 | already on | already on | already on | 0 | 0 | Aug. 6 |
| Wyo. | 3,879 | 3,879 | already on | 0 | already on | *1,500 | *350 | Aug. 27 |
| Total States On | 37 | *22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | |||
#partisan label permitted. “Organizing” refers to qualifying a party in the states that don’t require a petition for that. “Deadline” column shows the deadline for the latest way to get on. * means entry changed since the June 1 issue.
FORWARD PARTY WILL TRY TO QUALIFY IN CALIFORNIA
On June 10, the Forward Party, which has no presidential candidate, asked the California Secretary of State to tally how many registered members it has. This is the normal procedure for an unqualified party to become qualified. It needs approximately 75,000 registered members in order to qualify. It is virtually too late for it to qualify for 2024 and will aim for 2026.
ALLIANCE PARTY NOMINATES KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT
On May 25, the Alliance Party of South Carolina, which is ballot-qualified, nominated Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for president. Its nominee in 2020 had been Rocky De La Fuente. It has been on the ballot since 2016, and originally it was called the American Party.
APPROVAL VOTING PARTY NOMINATES FOR PRESIDENT
On March 16, the ballot-qualified Approval Voting Party of Colorado nominated Blake Huber for president and Andrea Denault for vice president.
SENATOR MANCHIN BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT
On May 31, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he had changed his registration from Democratic to independent. He is not running for re-election. There are now four U.S. Senators who are independents. The others are Bernie Sanders, Angus King (both of whom are running for re-election) and Kyrsten Sinema. Also, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is running for reelection as an independent, although he is still a registered Democrat.
PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION IN GEORGIA
The Party for Socialism and Liberation has collected 17,000 signatures in Georgia for its nominee, Claudia De la Cruz. The requirement is 7,500. If she qualifies, she will be the first presidential candidate from a party with “Socialist” or “Socialism” in Georgia since 1936.
She also expects to be on in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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DID HITLER MOVE THERE IN 1945 ???
“CNN RULES WOULD HAVE BARRED EVERY INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR LAST 112 YEARS”
CNN won’t allow facts to get in the way of running the debate as they wish.