Only two petitions for presidential candidates were submitted in Virginia this year. Jo Jorgensen’s petition has been verified by the State Board of Elections. The other petition, for Kanye West, is still being checked for accuracy.
Virginia has no qualified parties except for the Democratic and Republican Parties.
Six presidential candidates have had their Minnesota petitions validated by the Secretary of State: the nominees of the Libertarian, Alliance, Socialist Workers, and Socialism & Liberation Parties; and two independent candidates, Kanye West and Brock Pierce.
In addition, the three qualified parties with presidential nominees are the Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Republican, and Legal Marijuana Now Parties. The Legal Marijuana Party nominee is Howie Hawkins, who in other states is the Green Party nominee. This post has been updated to include the Alliance Party.
On August 25, the Oregon Progressive Party nominated Dario Hunter for president. The Oregon Progressive Party is ballot-qualified and is not associated with any party in any other state. Hunter is an independent candidate who had earlier sought the Green Party nomination.
On August 25, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied any relief in the Montana Secretary of State’s request to reinstate the Green Party. Justice Kagan did not refer it to any other justice, and she did not ask for a response from the other side. Stapleton v Montana Democratic Party, 20A33.
The same issue is still pending in the Ninth Circuit, in a different case filed not by the Secretary of State, but by some of the Green Party nominees. That case is Royal Davis v Stapleton, 20-35734.
No statewide minor party or independent statewide petitions succeeded in Missouri this year. The only attempt was by Kanye West, but his petition did not have enough valid signatures.
Missouri’s qualified parties are Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, and Constitution.
