Thirteen Presidential Candidates Qualify for Colorado Ballot by Paying $1,000

Posted on by August 9, 2020
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The Colorado Secretary of State website now lists candidates for the general election, including presidential candidates. The deadline for candidates of unqualified parties to get on the ballot has passed, and thirteen candidates qualified by paying $1,000.

In addition, Colorado has seven qualified parties, and their presidential nominees will be on the ballot with no filing fee. Not all of them are on the website yet.

The seven qualified parties are: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Unity, and Approval Voting.

The candidates who qualified by paying the fee, in alphabetical order, are: Brian Carroll (American Solidarity), Mark Charles (independent), Phil Collins (Prohibition), Rocky De La Fuente (Alliance), Dario Hunter (Progressive), Princess Jacob-Fambro (independent), Alyson Kennedy (Socialist Workers), Joseph Kishore (Socialist Equality), Kyle Kopitke (Independent American), Gloria La Riva (Socialism & Liberation), Joe McHugh (independent), Brock Pierce (independent), and Kanye West (independent).

The website also lists declared write-in candidates.

Socialist Equality Party Presidential Candidate Dismisses California Ballot Access Case

Posted on by August 9, 2020
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On August 7, Joseph Kishore, Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate, voluntarily dismissed his federal lawsuit against the California independent presidential candidate petition requirement, as applied during the health crisis. Kishore v Newsom. Two days earlier, the Ninth Circuit had refused to expedite his appeal. Also, on July 27, the Ninth Circuit had also voted not to expedite the appeal. The U.S. District Court had denied injunctive relief earlier in July.

Alabama Libertarian Party Will Appeal U.S. District Court Decision That Denied the Party a Copy of the Voter List

Posted on by August 9, 2020
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On August 8, the Alabama Libertarian Party executive committee voted to appeal the party’s lawsuit over access to the list of registered voters. The U.S. District Court had upheld the state’s policy of giving the list free to the qualified parties, but not to unqualified parties that are petitioning. The U.S. District Court decision contradicts a summary affirmance of the U.S. Supreme Court that is perfectly on-point, Socialist Workers Party v Rockefeller. The U.S. District Court decision also contradicts every lower court precedent on the same issue.

Washington Libertarian Polls 13.4% for Insurance Commission in Three-Way Race, but Fails to Qualify for November Ballot

Posted on by August 9, 2020
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At the Washington top-two primary of August 4, Libertarian Anthony Welti received 13.4% of the vote in a three-way race, but that was third place, so he cannot run in the November election. His opponents were Democratic incumbent Mike Kreidler, and Republican Chirayu Avinash Patel.

This is the largest number of votes for a minor party or independent candidate for any office in Washington, in a race with both a Democrat and a Republican also running, since Ross Perot’s 1992 showing as an independent presidential candidate.