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.
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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.
Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka, the 2016 Green Party national ticket, have pleaded guilty to spray-painting construction equipment last year at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline protest. See this story.
On August 8, Iowa held a special election to fill the vacancy in the State House, 82nd district. Here is a link to the results. The percentages are: Democratic 53.80%; Republican 44.47%; Libertarian .95%; Constitution .78%.
When this seat was last up, in November 2016, the only candidate was the Democratic nominee. The district is in southeast Iowa.
On August 8, Citizens for Fair Representation filed this reply brief in the lawsuit over the California legislative representation case.