Earlier this month, the American Solidarity Party chose Brian T. Carroll for president, in an on-line convention. He lives in Visalia, California. In 2018 he ran for U.S. House in the 22nd district, and polled 1,591 votes in the six-person primary, or 1.3%. His ballot label was “party preference: none” but if he had been permitted to have his actual party name on the ballot, it would have been “American Solidarity.”

The American Solidarity Party web page is here. It ran its first presidential campaign in 2016. Its presidential nominee in 2016 was Michael Maturen, who was only on the ballot in Colorado, but Maturen filed for write-in status in many states, and even though he only received 862 votes in Colorado, when his write-ins from other states are included, he received 6,765 votes in the nation, placing 14th. Thanks to Charles Sherrouse for this news.

On September 16 the North Carolina Senate committee that handles election bills revealed proposed new legislative district boundaries. See this story. The Senate will vote on the measure on the evening on Monday, September 16.

The Orange County Register has this op-ed by Jon Coupal and Martin Wilson, concerning California AB 1451. The legislature passed it September 11. It makes it much more difficult to qualify a statewide initiative. The op-ed criticizes the bill, which requires that at least 10% of the signatures be collected by unpaid individuals, and which bans “directly or indirectly” paying circulators on a per-signature basis. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link. The bill has not yet been signed.