Politifact, a fact-checking website that uses neutral experts, here finds the statement that minor party and independent candidates generally hurt Democrats is false. The analysis has some data that minor parties hurt Donald Trump in 2016, and that Kanye West hurts Trump this year. Of course, West’s attemps to get on ballots have been so badly handled so far, he won’t be on many ballots in any event.
The Maine petition to get Jo Jorgensen on the ballot as the Libertarian nominee for president has enough signatures, according to the Secretary of State. This makes it moderately likely that she will be on the ballot in all 51 jurisdictions that have electoral votes. Thanks to Bill Redpath for this news.
There is much interest in the list of Vermont presidential candidates, because the state this year abolished petitions, and there is no filing fee. The Secretary of State expects to have the list sometime on Tuesday, August 10.
On August 6, the Princeton Electoral Innovation Lab submitted this amicus in Hagopian v Dunlap, the federal lawsuit in Maine over the constitutionality of ranked-choice voting. The Lab amicus supports ranked-choice voting.
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.
