Jill Stein Receives 2024 Primary Season Matching Funds

Posted on by October 28, 2024
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The Federal Election Commission has sent Jill Stein $379,983 in primary season matching funds this year, and more is likely to follow. She is the only presidential candidate who received primary season matching funds this year, except for Mike Pence, who has received $1,128,977.

Candidates qualify for primary season matching funds if they raise at least $5,000 from each of twenty states. It doesn’t matter which party they are in. However, they can only match money that they raised during primary season, which ended in August. Independent presidential candidates can’t qualify for primary season matching funds.

The first minor party presidential candidate who ever received primary season matching funds was Sonia Johnson in 1984, while she was seeking the Citizens Party nomination.

New Voter Registration Total for All States

Posted on by October 27, 2024
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The November 1, 2024 print edition of Ballot Access News will carry a chart showing the number of registered voters in each state, in each party.

The chart will also show past national percentages, for each of the last five presidential elections.

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The registration chart in the November 1, 2024 print edition will show a decline in the percentage of voters in the Democratic and Libertarian Parties compared to May 2024. It will show a percentage increase for Republicans, independents, Greens, and the No Labels Party. Also it will show a large increase in the percentage of voters registered in other minor parties, relative to May 2024.

The November 1 print issue will also include a chart for the number of legislative candidates, for each party, in each state, and information comparing candidate totals to past elections.

Arizona No Labels Party Now Has More Registered Members than Libertarian Party

Posted on by October 26, 2024
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On October 25, the Arizona Secretary of State posted a new registration tally. See it here.

For the first time, No Labels has more registrants than the Libertarian Party. The new percentages are: Republican 35.77%; Democratic 29.00%; No Labels .74%; Libertarian .71%; Green .10%; independent and miscellaneous 33.69%.

In April 2024 the percentages had been: Republican 35.36%; Democratic 29.38%; Libertarian .77%; No Labels .68%; Green .07%; independent and miscellaneous 33.75%.

U.S. District Court Dismisses Tennessee Ballot Access Lawsuit of Shiva Ayyadurai

Posted on by October 26, 2024
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On October 25, U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, dismissed the lawsuit Lupo v Tennessee Secretary of State, m.d., 3:24cv-1088. This is the Tennessee ballot access lawsuit filed by electors for Shiva Ayyadurai, the independent presidential candidate who was born in India. His Tennessee petition had enough valid signatures but he was kept off the ballot because of his place of birth.

The decision does say that the case is not moot. It depends partly on the similar Nebraska decision of October 17, but the Tennessee decision does not discuss Trump v Anderson. Here is the decision.

Shiva Ayyadurai Appeals Wisconsin Ballot Access Case to Seventh Circuit

Posted on by October 26, 2024
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On October 1, independent presidential candidate Shiva Ayyadurai appealed his Wisconsin ballot access case to the Seventh Circuit. Marshall v Wisconsin Election Commission, 24-2746. He submitted enough valid signatures to be on in Wisconsin, but was kept off because he was born in India. The U.S. District Court had dismissed his case in a four-page order, calling it “frivolous”.