The Green Mountain Peace & Justice Party is a ballot-qualified party in Vermont. On April 28 it had nominated Cornel West as its presidential nominee. It recently forwarded the paperwork to the Secretary of State, and West is now listed as the party’s nominee on the Secretary of State’s website.
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Rose v Raffensperger, 23-1060, the case over elections for Georgia Public Service Commissioner. The Eleventh Circuit had ruled in favor of the state, and the state law says the elections should be at-large.
Because of the litigation over this case, which began in 2020, this year’s elections for that office had been cancelled. It is not clear if the state will now try to hold an at-large election for Public Service Commissioner this year.
On June 22 or 23, Edee Baggett died. She was the head of National Ballot Access, a long-time paid petitioning firm. Her firm had helped minor party and independent candidates get on ballots in at least since 2008, and perhaps earlier. She was working on a drive in Maine when she died. Her death was a shock to those who knew her. Thanks to Christina Tobin for this news.
On June 20, the Democratic National Committee formally decided to choose its presidential and vice-presidential nominees with a virtual roll-call, in advance of the national convention. The committee still hasn’t announced the date of the virtual roll-call, but it will be later than July 21, because the credentials committee meets that day.
See this story, which erroneously claims that Ohio law requires the nomination to be made before the actual convention. Ohio changed its law on June 2.
Kelly Gallagher has this opinion piece in WestView News, criticizing the CNN debate rules. WestView News is an on-line newspaper in New York City.
