The Nevada Green Party is monitoring Clark County election officials, as the party’s petition is checked for validity. The party needs 5,431 valid signatures and submitted approximately 8,500. Clark County, which has over half the state’s population, did a random sample of the signatures, which was indeterminate. So now all the party’s signatures in that county are being reviewed.
The Green Party national convention in Houston will debate whether to amend the party platform and declare that the party supports socialism. See this press release.
A bill will be introduced in the 2017 session of the Montana legislature to replace the petition requirement for presidential primary candidates with a filing fee. The petition is 500 signatures. The fee would probably be $4,000. See this story. Thanks to Mike Fellows for the link.
On June 15, the Jill Stein campaign announced that 203 Green Party delegates have been selected who are pledged to vote for Stein, so that she is now assured of the presidential nomination. The national convention is in Houston, Texas, August 6-7.
The District of Columbia held primaries for the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties on June 14. See here for the results. Click on the name of the particular party, to see that party’s results.
