On June 12, West Virginia Delegate Marshall Wilson said he will run for Governor as an independent. He represents Berkeley County in the state’s eastern panhandle. He was elected as a Republican in 2016 and 2018, but in 2019 he switched to being an independent. See this story.
No independent candidate has been on the ballot for Governor of West Virginia since 1920, when Samuel Montgomery polled 15.9% of the vote.
The Bangor Daily News has this article about the June 11 ruling in the Maine Libertarian Party ballot access case.
On March 8, the Approval Voting Party nominated Blake Huber for President, and Frank Atwood for Vice-President. The Approval Voting Party is ballot-qualified in Colorado. The nomination was made at an in-person meeting in Sheridan, Colorado. There were four delegates.
On June 11, the Republican National Committee made final plans for the 2020 national convention. The choice for president and vice-president will remain in Charlotte, and will be held on Monday, August 24. Only 336 delegates will be allowed to vote. There will be six delegates from each state and territory (counting D.C. as a territory). See this story. The 336 voters will be casting proxy votes for other members of their delegations.
Then the meeting will adjourn, and a much larger event will be held in another city, probably Jacksonville.
It would be fascinating if some unexpected event occurred before August 24, necessitating the need for the party to choose someone other than Donald Trump or Mike Pence.
Jason Bartlett collected over 1,100 signatures in order to get on the Democratic primary in Connecticut to run for State Senate. According to this story, they were all rejected because they weren’t notarized.
