On April 28, the ballot-qualified Vermont Green Mountain Peace & Justice Party nominated Cornel West for President. The party in the past was the Liberty Union Party.
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On April 27, Jill Stein and some members of her campaign team were arrested at a demonstration at Washington University in St.. Louis. See this story.
On April 27, the Constitution Party national convention nominated Stephen E. Broden for vice-president. He lives in Texas and was the Republican nominee for U.S. House in 2010, in the Texas 30th district. Here is his wikipedia page. The presidential nominee, who had been chosen earlier in the dat, recommended that the party nominate Broden for vice-president.
Broden is the first African-American nominee for the Constitution Party for either president or vice-president.
On the first ballot, Randall Terry won the Constitution Party’s presidential nomination. Nineteen states had credentialed delegates. The vote was: Randall Terry 144, Joel Skousen 80, Paul Venable 32, Daniel Cummings 4, Samm Tittle 2, Brandon McIntyre 2, total 264. A majority was needed to nominate.
The Constitution Party is on the ballot in twelve states and is petitioning, or about to petition, in additional states. Thanks to Joe Buchman for the news and the tally.
In late 2023, the Ohio Secretary of State determined that the No Labels petition for party status did not have enough valid signatures, even though No Labels had submitted over 100,000 signatures to meet a requirement of 40,345. This is old news but BAN just recently became aware of it.