As noted earlier, on August 18, a Republican Party official in Pennsylvania filed a challenge to Bob Barr’s appearance on the Pennsylvania ballot. Pennsylvania law provides for stand-ins on petitions, and provides that petitions should include a substitution committee, so … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The Ecology Party was founded as a Florida party in late 2007, and has a webpage, www.ecologyparty.org, a platform, and state party officers. Ballot Access News had previously assumed, erroneously, that the Ecology Party was created by the 2008 Ralph … Continue reading
Frequently, minor parties in the U.S. decide to stop running candidates for public office, but they continue to exist as organizations and they continue to publish a periodical. Sometimes the life span of the periodical is far greater than the … Continue reading
The Objectivist Party has placed its national ticket on the ballot in two states so far, Colorado and Florida. The Objectivist Party ticket is Thomas Stevens for president and Alden Link for vice-president. Both live in New York state. They … Continue reading
As news sources have reported, Barack Obama indicated very early on August 23 that he wants the Democratic National Convention to choose Joe Biden for vice-president. CNN reported the news at 1 a.m. eastern time, and the Obama campaign sent … Continue reading