On September 5, Chris Graveline filed this brief in the Sixth Circuit, explaining why the U.S. District Court was correct to enjoin the Michigan independent candidate petition requirement for statewide office. Graveline v Johnson, 18-1992. Graveline is running for Attorney General.
The Socialist Party has placed a candidate for State Senate on the Maine ballot. She is Maia Dendinger, running in the 5th district, around Orono. She is the first Socialist Party nominee on the ballot in Maine since 1952, when the Socialist Party’s presidential candidate, Darlington Hoopes, was on the Maine ballot.
The Socialist Party should not be confused with the Socialist Equality Party, which had a nominee for Maine State Senate on the ballot in 2006.
The Approval Voting Party is not a ballot-qualified party in any state. But it is on the ballot for Colorado Secretary of State. If its nominee, Blake Huber, receives at least 5% of the vote, the party will become qualified in Colorado for four years.
The November 2018 ballot has four candidates for Secretary of State, the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Constitution, and Approval Voting Parties.
On September 5, the Nevada Secretary of State posted the August 31, 2018 voter registration data. For the first time, the Nevada Libertarian Party registration exceeds 1% of the state total. This means the party remains on the ballot, whether it passes the vote test or not. In practice, though, the party always easily passes the 1% vote test, so the practical significance is relatively small. Here is a link to the tally. The Independent American Party, the Nevada affiliate of the Constitution Party, has been above 1% of the registration for many decades.
Nevada posts totals for active voters and inactive voters. BAN’s practice in reporting registration data has always been to acknowledge only active voter data.
The New Mexico Supreme Court will hear arguments in Unite America v Toulouse Oliver on Wednesday, September 12, at 1:30 p.m.
