U.S. District Court Judge Thomas E. Johnston, a Bush Jr. appointee, will hear Wilson v Justice, s.d., 2:20cv-526, on Friday, August 21, at 10 a.m. This is the ballot access case filed by independent gubernatorial candidate Stephen “Marshall” Wilson. He worked hard on his petition and would probably have succeeded without the health crisis.
David Zuckerman will appear on the Vermont November ballot as a gubernatorial candidate. His ballot label will be “Progressive/Democratic.” Vermont permits fusion. The first-listed party on the ballot tells the voters that Zuckerman is a member of the Progressive Party. The Democratic Party label, which follows the word “Progressive”, tells voters that he also has the Democratic nomination. He is the current Lieutenant Governor.
Party membership in Vermont is nebulous, because Vermont does not have registration by party.
In order to win the Progressive Party nomination, Zuckerman had to depend on write-in votes. State law does not allow his name to be printed on the ballot of more than one party, and he chose to be listed in the Democratic primary. He won the Democratic nomination at the August 11 primary, polling slightly over 50% in a 4-candidate field.
The vote in the Progressive primary was: Zuckerman 273 write-ins; and these two ballot-listed candidates: Cris Ericson, 254 votes; and Boots Wardinski, 239 votes.
In order to win the general election, Zuckerman will need to defeat incumbent Phil Scott, a Republican.
In Iowa, only the Republican and Democratic Parties are qualified parties, so all other parties must place their presidential nominee on the ballot by petition. Seven such petitions succeeded. They required 1,500 signatures.
The seven are: Don Blankenship, Rocky De La Fuente, Howie Hawkins, Jo Jorgensen, Ricki Sue King, Brock Pierce, and Kanye West. Ricki Sue King lives in Windsor Heights, Iowa, and her ballot label is “Genealogy Know Your Family History.”
Here is a link to the Iowa Secretary of State’s web page, listing the candidates for all federal and state office.
Although the American Independent Party, one of California’s six qualified parties, chose its national ticket three days ago, no general media has reported the party’s choice, so far.
On August 17, a Yahoo! News poll for the presidential race was released. It shows: Joe Biden 49%; Donald Trump 38%; other 3%; undecided 8%; will not vote 2%. The poll provides age categories. The “other” vote is much higher for young voters than older voters. The “other” is 7% for persons age 18-29; 5% for persons 30-44; 1% for persons 45-64; and 0% for persons age 65 and over. See here; scroll down to question nine. Thanks to Politial Wire for the link.
