The Independent Party is ballot-qualified in New Mexico. It polled over one-half of 1% of the presidential vote in New Mexico in 2008 for its nominee, Ralph Nader. Therefore, it remained ballot-qualified through the 2012 election. The Independent Party is … Continue reading
Sheri and Allen Rivlin have this article at Huffington Post, asking how many presidential candidates will be running in November 2012 outside of the two major parties. The article makes a good point when it criticizes the term “third party”, … Continue reading
On February 13, the Hamilton County, Ohio, Board of Elections, voted on whether to appeal the Hunter lawsuit to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th circuit. This is the somewhat famous lawsuit on whether or not certain provisional ballots should … Continue reading
Arlington, Virginia, is a city-county with a population of 207,627. According to this story, absentee voting in Virginia for the March 6 Republican presidential primary has been underway for three weeks, and so far only eighteen ballots have been cast. … Continue reading
On February 13, the Socialist Equality Party announced that it will run Jerry White for President, and Phyllis Scherrer for Vice-President. See this release from the party. This is the fourth ticket by a party with “Socialist” or “Socialism” in … Continue reading
