On August 7, Joseph Kishore, Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate, voluntarily dismissed his federal lawsuit against the California independent presidential candidate petition requirement, as applied during the health crisis. Kishore v Newsom. Two days earlier, the Ninth Circuit had refused … Continue reading
On August 1, the Revolutionary Communist Party issued a press release, calling on U.S. voters to vote for Joe Biden as a means to defeat President Donald Trump. The Revolutionary Communist Party has never run its own nominees for public … Continue reading
On August 8, the Alabama Libertarian Party executive committee voted to appeal the party’s lawsuit over access to the list of registered voters. The U.S. District Court had upheld the state’s policy of giving the list free to the qualified … Continue reading
At the Washington top-two primary of August 4, Libertarian Anthony Welti received 13.4% of the vote in a three-way race, but that was third place, so he cannot run in the November election. His opponents were Democratic incumbent Mike Kreidler, … Continue reading
At the Washington August 4 top-two primary, eleven candidates were on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor, including five Republicans. Although the five Republicans together polled 43.6% of the vote, two Democrats placed first and second. Thus no Republican will be … Continue reading
