The New Mexico Green Party is ballot-qualified. But under a restrictive election law, ballot-qualified parties that didn’t poll 5% of the vote in the last election must submit petitions for all their nominees (except no such petition is needed for … Continue reading
The North Carolina Libertarian Party recently nominated some more candidates for Congress and state office. Among the nominees is Timothy Rohr, a city councilmember in Lenoir. He is running for state representative in the 87th district. See this newspaper story. … Continue reading
The Party for Socialism and Liberation has been told by elections officials in Utah and Vermont that its petitions (for Gloria La Riva for president and Eugene Puryear for vice-president) have enough valid signatures.
Green Party Watch recently said that the U.S. Constitution forbids a party from running a candidate for president and a candidate for vice-president who are both from the same state. This is a common misconception. The 12th Amendment says that … Continue reading
June 23 was the Illinois petition deadline for independent candidates, and candidates of unqualified parties. Besides the 49,000 signatures turned in by the Libertarian Party, and the 52,000 turned in by Ralph Nader, there were also petitions submitted by the … Continue reading
