Ballot Access News
December 1, 2018 – Volume 34, Number 7

This issue was printed on violet paper.

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Table of Contents

1. MINOR PARTY AND INDEPENDENT VOTE FOR TOP OFFICES LOWEST MIDTERM SINCE 1982
2. MAINE RANKED CHOICE VOTING MAKES HISTORY
3. HIGH TURNOUT CAUSES TOUGHER PETITION REQUIREMENTS
4. OHIO LIBERTARIAN PARTY STATUS
5. MICHIGAN RESTORES STRAIGHT-TICKET
6. FLORIDA VOTERS EASE BAN ON EX-FELONS
7. “DISOBEDIENT” PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR CASES MOVE AHEAD
8. BALLOT ACCESS CASES MOVE AHEAD
9. FARGO PASSES APPROVAL VOTING
10. WINS AGAINST PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING
11. WRITE-IN CHAMPION WINS CALIFORNIA PARTISAN OFFICE
12. NEW MEXICO LAWSUIT TO FORCE PARTIES TO PAY FOR PRIMARIES
13. 2018 VOTE FOR OFFICE AT TOP OF BALLOT
14. 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
15. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WINS
16. MINOR PARTY PARTISAN WINS
17. WYOMING LIBERTARIAN NEAR MISS
18. MINNESOTA AND NEW YORK HAVE NEW QUALIFIED PARTIES
19. PROHIBITION PARTY CHOOSES 2020 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
20. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

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The New York Conservative Party remains a powerhouse among third parties in the U.S. It has been ballot-qualified starting in 1962, longer than any other party in any state other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. It always has nominees for a majority of all the congressional and legislative seats that are up, although most of them are also Republican nominees.

In 2018, its vote was lower than it had been for some time. In the U.S. House races it contested, and in the State Senate candidate races it contested, and in the Assembly races it contested, it polled a smaller share of the vote than at any time since 2008. Its gubernatorial percentage was the lowest since 2006.

The U.S. House race showings in the districts it contested were: 2018 4.77%; 2016 5.49%; 2014 8.46%; 2012 4.84%; 2010 5.96%; 2008 3.36%.

Its State Senate showings in the districts it contested were: 2018 5.51%; 2016 6.25%; 2014 9.43%; 2012 6.56%; 2010 6.68%; 2008 4.21%.

Its Assembly showings in the districts it contested were: 2018 6.15%; 2016 7.23%; 2014 10.05%; 2012 6.73%; 2010 7.64%; 2008 4.21%.

The Ninth Circuit will hear two ballot access cases on Tuesday, March 12, at 9 a.m., in San Francisco. They are the case against the number of signatures for an independent presidential candidate in California, De La Fuente v Padilla; and the case against how members of some small political parties get on their own party’s primary ballot in Arizona, Arizona Libertarian Party v Reagan.