Green Party Nominates Howie Hawkins for President on First Ballot

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On July 11, the Green Party held a virtual national convention. Howie Hawkins won the presidential nomination on the first ballot. The results for the five candidates who were allowed to speak are: Hawkins 210; Dario Hunter 102; Sedinam K. C. M. Curry 11.5; Dennis Lambert 8.5; David Rolde 4.5. There were 8 votes to either have no nominee, or to abstain. There were also a sprinkling of votes for persons who had not been formally nominated: Jesse Ventura 7; Kent Mesplay 2; Lochoki 1; Bernie Sanders one-half vote. UPDATE: here is a news story.

Seven states sent no delegates. By comparison, for the 2016 presidential convention, eleven states had no delegates. For the 2012 presidential convention, seventeen states sent no delegates. In 2008, thirteen states sent no delegates. In 2004, seven states sent no delegates. So the 2020 convention had the most states represented since 2004.

The seven states that sent no delegates in 2020 are Alaska, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.

U.S. District Court Expects to Deny Presidential Ballot Access Relief to Alaska Libertarian Party

Posted on by July 11, 2020
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On July 10, U.S. District Court Judge John W. Sedwick issued a one-page order, predicting that he will deny relief to the Alaska Libertarian Party for its presidential petition. His order says the party has not been petitioning in a few of Alaska’s population centers, and also that the party has not been postally mailing petition blanks to most party registrants. He said he is issuing the order now, before finally making up his mind, so that the party can be on notice and can be continuing to petition.

The Alaska Libertarian Party presidential petition is probably two-thirds finished, and is not due until August 5. It requires 3,212 signatures.