California Secretary of State Posts Candidate List

The California Secretary of State’s web page now lists the candidates in the March 3, 2020 primary.

Here is a link to the presidential primary candidate list. The list is alphabetical and combines candidates from all six parties into a single list.

Here is a link to U.S. House candidates.

Here is a link to State Senate candidates.

Here are the Assembly candidates.

Thanks to Mark Seidenberg for the links. Every U.S. House race has at least two major party members running, so under the top-two system, the November ballot will not include any candidates except Republicans and Democrats.

Massachusetts Held Lottery for Presidential Primary Ballot Order Before Checking Rocky De La Fuente’s Petition

The Massachusetts Secretary of State held a lottery to determine the order of candidates on the presidential primary ballot on December 20. Yet election officials still haven’t finished checking the ballot access petition of Rocky De La Fuente, who is expecting to qualify by submitting 2,500 signatures of Republican and independent voters. The petition deadline was December 20. So it appears that anyone who qualified by petition is automatically listed on the bottom of the ballot. De La Fuente appears to be the only candidate who submitted a petition. All others got on the ballot because the Secretary of State felt they were mentioned in news media.

Federal Election Commission Publishes 2018 Election Returns Book

The Federal Election Commission has just published its 2018 election returns book. It covers congressional elections, both primaries and the general election. It is free and anyone may obtain a copy by phoning the FEC at 800-424-9530. Press #2. The book is 146 pages.

The title is “Federal Elections 2018.” The FEC has been publishing election returns every two years, starting in 1980.

Brief Filed in North Carolina Ballot Access Case

On December 20, the plaintiff-candidates in Buscemi v Bell filed their opening brief in the Fourth Circuit. This is the case that challenges the North Carolina independent candidate petition requirements, which include a March 3 petition deadline and over 70,000 signatures for a statewide candidate. The U.S. District Court had upheld all these requirements.

Massachusetts Presidential Primary Candidates

On December 20, the Massachusetts Secretary of State announced which presidential candidates will appear on presidential primary ballots. He also held a drawing to determine the order of the names for each of the four primaries.

The Republican ballot will list, in this order, William Weld, Joe Welsh, and President Donald Trump.

The Democratic ballot: Deval Patrick, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bennet, Michael Bloomberg, Tulsi Gabbard, Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Tom Steyer, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, John Delaney, Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg, and Marianne Williamson (15 names, in ballot order).

The Libertarian ballot: Arvin Vohra, Vermin Supreme, Jacob Hornberger, Samuel J. Robb, Dan Taxation is Theft Behrman, Kim Ruff, Kenneth Armstrong, Adam Kokesh, Jo Jorgensen, and Max Abramson (10 names).

The Green ballot: Dario Hunter, Sedinam K.C. Curry, Kent Mesplay, and Howard Hawkins.

Candidates are put on the ballot automatically if the Secretary of State thinks they are discussed in the news media.