Filing for the Louisiana presidential primaries closed on Friday, December 4, at 4:30 p.m. Ten Democrats and fourteen Republicans filed. See the list here, via the Secretary of State’s web page. Neither Jim Gilmore nor George Pataki filed. Candidates get … Continue reading
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Three presidential candidates have filed to be on the Idaho Constitution Party’s presidential primary ballot: Scott Copeland, Patrick Anthony Ockander, and J. R. Myers. They each paid $1,000 to be on the ballot. The primary will be March 8. Past … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Arizona Libertarian Party v Bennett, 15-598, on January 8, 2016. This is the case over Arizona’s voter registration form, which lists only the two largest parties and gives a checkbox for … Continue reading
The Green Party is not ballot-qualified for statewide office in Illinois, but it is ballot-qualified in two U.S. House districts. Illinois is one of the few states in which a party that is not qualified statewide can be qualified in … Continue reading
According to this article, all the leading Republican presidential candidates are sending campaign aides to the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. The article doesn’t mention Guam specifically, but it is likely that the points in the article apply to … Continue reading