The California Secretary of State’s application for candidates to appear on a presidential primary ballot is here. It is due November 26, 2019.
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Here is the list of the seventeen Democratic presidential candidates who will be listed on the Alabama 2020 presidential primary. The only name on the list who is not on in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary is Michael R. Bloomberg.
Candidates need 500 signatures to be on an Alabama presidential primary ballot. Any registered voter may sign.
On November 15, the Florida Secretary of State filed notices of appeal in two election law cases. One is the case on the order of candidates on the general election ballot. The other is the case on whether ex-felons who are unable to pay court fines, costs, and restitution may register to vote. Neither case has an Eleventh Circuit case number yet. They are Jacobson v Lee, and Jones v DeSantis. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
Public Policy Polling has taken a poll in New York state on whether the state should make it more difficult for parties to be ballot-qualified. The results are that 64% are opposed; 25% are in favor; and 10% are undecided. See this story.
The proposal, pushed by some leaders of the Democratic Party, would increase the number of votes for a group to be a qualified party, from 50,000 votes for Governor, to 150,000.
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s web page is reporting election returns for the November 16 election as the votes are counted. See here. Toggle back and forth between the statewide races and the legislative races.
The Independent Party representative, Roy Daryl Adams, has won re-election with 54% of the vote against his Republican opponent, in the 62nd district.