Jack Bergerson, a sixteen-year-old Kansas high school student, says he intends to file for the 2018 Democratic nomination for Governor. See this story. The Kansas Constitution, Article I, section 1, says that Governors must have the qualifications as are provided by statute. But there are no statutes in Kansas that control eligibility to hold the office of Governor. Thanks to Ken Bush for the link.
National Public Radio has this interview with Evan McMullin, who ran for president as an independent last year. At the end, he says he will probably run for some office in 2018. He implies that would be as an independent candidate.
Last month, supporters of the Michigan straight-ticket device asked a U.S. District Court to force certain state legislators to testify about their motives, when the passed the bill repealing the straight-ticket device late in 2015. The legislators are fighting the request. A federal magistrate will decide whether the subpoenas should be honored or quashed. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news.
Parker Richards has written this lengthy article about the Mountain Party, which is the Green Party affiliate in West Virginia. The article says the party is now the strongest state Green Party in the nation.
On August 10, the New York City Board of Elections posted a list of primary candidates in this year’s city elections. When there is only one candidate running for a particular office, and no “opportunity to ballot” petition to allow write-ins for that particular office (for any particular party) then no primary is actually held. That is why, except for the Democrat candidates, there are so few candidates listed. New York has eight parties that are entitled to a primary, but there are very few actual contests in any of the parties other than the Democratic Party.
