Bloomberg News has this story about a new political party, so far named the Serve America Movement, or SAM. The group already has one candidate, Stephanie Miner, who is petitioning onto the New York ballot as a candidate for Governor. … Continue reading
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has this op-ed by Chris Holbrook, criticizing the state’s restrictive definition of “political party.” The state requires a statewide vote of 5%, whereas the median vote test in the 50 states is 2%. Minnesota is one of … Continue reading
John Conyers III, son of former Congressman John Conyers, will petition as an independent candidate for his father’s old seat, the 13th district seat in Michigan. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news. … Continue reading
The Indiana petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, has passed. No such petition for any statewide office, or any U.S. House seat, succeeded. Here is the list of candidates for November. The Green Party tried … Continue reading
The Illinois period for challenging independent candidate petitions, and the petitions of unqualified party nominees, ended on July 2. No one challenged either the statewide Libertarian candidate petition, nor the gubernatorial petition of the Conservative Party. See this Chicago Sun-Times … Continue reading
