Why Colorado’s List of Presidential Candidates for November Dropped from 23 to 22

Posted on by October 3, 2016
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In August 2016, this news source and other news sources reported that there would be 23 presidential candidates on the November 2016 Colorado ballot, easily the most in history for any state. The previous record, 16 candidates, had also been set by Colorado, in both 2012 and 2008.

However, one of the presidential candidates listed as being on the Colorado ballot this year, Michael Deeks of the USA76 Party, will not be on in November. He did not pay the $1,000 filing fee. The Colorado Secretary of State’s web page in August had listed all candidates who filed, regardless of whether their filing was complete and regardless of whether they had yet paid the fee.

Bernie Sanders Endorses Two Progressive Party Nominees for Vermont State Office, but Hasn’t Endorsed Anyone for Governor

Posted on by October 2, 2016
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According to this story, U.S. Senate Bernie Sanders has not endorsed anyone for Governor of Vermont. But he has already endorsed two Progressive Party nominees, one of which is David Zuckerman, the party’s nominee for Lieutenant Governor (in Vermont, Governor is elected separately from Lieutenant Governor). The Progressive Party is not running anyone for Governor.

Although the Vermont Democratic Party has also nominated Zuckerman, Zuckerman considers himself a member of the Progressive Party. This is apparent for many reasons, one of which is that he is listed on the November 2016 ballot as “Progressive, Democrat”. In Vermont, which allows two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate, the candidate’s own party is always listed first, followed by the name of any other party that also nominated him or her.

California Governor Vetoes Bill to Require that at least 5% of Initiative Signatures be Collected by Volunteers

Posted on by October 1, 2016
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On September 29, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 1094. It said that statewide initiatives can’t be on the ballot if all of the signatures are collected by paid petitioners. Instead at least 5% of the signatures had to be collected by unpaid persons. Here is the veto message.