The only statewide petitions submitted in Pennsylvania this year are from the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties. Here is a story that says the Greens submitted 35,000 signatures. Some were turned in on July 31 and some on August 1, … Continue reading
TIME Magazine has this story about Virgil Goode and the Constitution Party. The story says Goode has collected 17,000 signatures in Virginia, but actually he has collected 19,000. The state requires 10,000. Thanks to both Frank Fluckiger and Rick Hasen … Continue reading
Minor party presidential candidates who qualified for the New Jersey ballot are the nominees of the American Third Position, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Justice, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Socialist Workers parties. Besides those seven, an independent candidate, Jeff Boss, … Continue reading
On August 1, Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, was arrested by Philadelphia police. She had been protesting outside the Fannie Mae office, a protest against certain evictions. See this story. … Continue reading
According to this story, a U.S. District Court Judge on August 1 seemed to indicate that West Virginia’s extra public funding for judicial races (for candidates who have well-funded privately-funded opponents) is likely unconstitutional. This type of public funding was … Continue reading
