Arizona held its non-presidential primaries on July 30. Two candidates appeared on the Green Party’s primary ballot for U.S. Senate, Mike Norton and Arturo Hernandez. Norton was backed by Democratic Party figures and Hernandez was backed by Republican figures. The Green Party did not approve of either one of them, and endorsed Eduardo Quintana, a long-time Green Party official.
However, Quintana was not on the Green Party primary ballot; instead he was a write-in candidate. But the Green Party mailed a postcard to every registered Green and asked the voters to write-in Quintana, and it worked. He received more votes than either of his ballot-listed opponents.
Will Quintana be on the ballot in November or will he be a write in for the general as well?
On the ballot
Congratulations to the Arizona Green Party on maintaining its integrity.
Every candidate should be a write-in to optimize voter power to choose. Greens did it right. Libertarians could do better by seeking abolition of ballot access laws as a censorship monopoly. If the state prints “official” ballots, they should be content-neutral.
DFR
HOW MANY INTERNAL LP BALLOTS WITHOUT CAND NAMES — JUST OFFICES ???
SEE NOW OLDE SEN M WRITE-IN SAGA IN ALASKA CIRCA 2010.
@DFR
What if ballots had every eligible person, except those who declined. If nobody receives a majority, eliminate all who receive no votes, or those that withdraw. Repeat as many times as necessary.
I say, make all ballots paper. No computers.
Make them standing votes. No ballots.