Ajamu Baraka is Jill Stein’s choice for the vice-presidential nomination of the Green Party. Here is information about him from his web page. He has been active for over 30 years working for human rights. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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On July 28, the ballot-qualified Natural Law Party of Michigan nominated Emidio “Mimi” Soltysik for President, and Angela Walker for Vice-President. They are also the nominees of the Socialist Party.
In 2012, the Natural Law Party nominated Rocky Anderson, Justice Party presidential nominee. In 2008 it nominated Ralph Nader. In 2004 it nominated Walt Brown, that year’s Socialist Party presidential nominee. The Natural Law Party is the last surviving renmant of the Natural Law Party, which was active in elections 1992-2002. It remains on the ballot in Michigan because Michigan has a very easy vote test for a party to remain on.
On August 1, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland, a Bush Jr. appointee, enjoined the new stricter North Dakota law on voters at the polls. The injunction requires the state to allow voters without the correct form of government photo-ID to be allowed to vote anyway, if they sign under penalty of perjury that they cannot obtain the correct type of ID, or if they produce other forms of ID that were allowed before the law changed in 2013 and 2015.
The decision is Brakebill v Jaeger, 1:16cv-008. It is 29 pages. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
The New York Times has this graphic, showing that only 9% of U.S. residents voted for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the 2016 major party nomination procedures (caucuses and presidential primaries). The graphic would be better, though, if it excluded children and non-citizens. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
Arizona is one of eleven states that lists all the ballot-qualified parties on the state income tax form, and lets taxpayers send a small donation to the party of their choice. Americans Elect went off the Arizona ballot in November 2015, so it was still listed on the tax forms that were returned by taxpayers during the first half of 2016. Oddly enough, contributions to Americans Elect in 2016 rose more than for any other party, on a percentage basis, even though Americans Elect doesn’t exist any more.
The amounts given to the five qualified parties of Arizona during 2015 were: Democratic $8,137; Republican $4.096; Libertarian $444; Green $220; Americans Elect $174.
The amounts given during 2016 have been: Democratic $10,370; Republican $5,070; Libertarian $359; Green $561; Americans Elect $561.