David Zuckerman, a prominent member of the Progressive Party of Vermont, recently said he will run for Governor in 2020. He will be the first Progressive Party nominee for Governor since 2000. The party has existed since 1999. Zuckerman will announce formally on Monday, January 20. See this story.

In 2008, Anthony Pollina, who was and is a member of the Progressive Party, did run for Governor, but he ran as an independent, not as a Progressive.

Zuckerman was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2016 and re-elected in 2018. He was also the nominee of the Democratic Party, but his ballot label has always been “Progressive/Democratic”. In Vermont, the party listed first indicates the party of membership. Vermont doesn’t have registration by party. It does have aggregated fusion (this means fusion is permitted, but there is only one square on the ballot for each candidate).

Currently, the Governor of Vermont is a Republican, Phil Scott. Scott is running for re-election. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the link.

The Kentucky deadline for presidential candidates to file for a presidential primary was January 10. Candidates get on the ballot by paying a filing fee and meeting one of these three requirements: (1) qualified for primary season matching funds; (2) already on the presidential primary of 20 other states; (3) submitting 5,000 signatures. Thanks to Jim Riley for this addition.

The Democratic ballot will list Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang (13 names).

The only name on the Republican ballot is President Donald Trump. See the list here.

Kentucky requires the physical home address for this list, and that address is included for each candidate.

In 2017, a U.S. District Court in Florida ruled that the state’s procedures for ex-felons to ask the Governor to restore their voting rights violates due process, because it gave the Governor complete discretion, with no objective standards. The state appealed and got the opinion stayed.

On January 10, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit said the case is moot, and terminated it. The opinion says that in November 2018, when Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment ending ex-felon disenfranchisement for most crimes, the law changed so drastically that the Hand case doesn’t matter any more.