Vermont Progressive Party Elects Eight State Legislators, the Most Ever

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On November 4, eight Progressive Party members were elected to the Vermont State Legislature. Some of them were only nominated by the Progressive Party. Others were the nominees of both the Progressive Party and the Democratic Party, but they consider themselves Progressive Party members. Vermont allows fusion. On the ballot, the candidate’s party of membership is listed first, followed by the name of any other party that also nominated that candidate.

The two State Senate Progressive winners are David Zuckerman and Anthony Pollina. The six House members are: Christopher Pearson, Diana Gonzalez, Susan Hatch Davis, Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Mollie S. Burke, and Sandy Haas. Thanks to Eric Garris for the news.

Oklahoma Turnout is Only 41% of Registered Voters

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Here is a link to the Oklahoma State Election Board’s web page, showing that so far, only 823,761 ballots have been tallied for Governor. This number will rise when all the provisional and absentee ballots are handled, but it is very unlikely to rise above 850,000. That means that even if the 5% petition requirement is not changed by the 2015 session of the legislature, the number of signatures needed for party status in 2016 will be lower than at any time since 1980. If the final gubernatorial vote is 850,000, then the 2016 requirement would, if unaltered, be 42,500. By contrast, in 2012, it was 51,739.

Here is a link to the Nov. 1, 2014 Oklahoma voter registration data, showing 2,022,456 registered voters (including 8 Americans Elect registrants).

The December 1, 2014 Ballot Access News print edition will have a chart, showing the petition requirements in each state for president in 2016. That chart will also show which parties are on the ballot in each state. Thanks to E. Zachary Knight for the news about Oklahoma’s low turnout.

Washington Post Web Page Lists Preliminary Election Returns for All Ballot-Listed Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate Candidates

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The Washington Post has preliminary election returns for Governor at this link. The Post lists all candidates who were on the ballot. The names of the states are missing, but they are in alphabetical order.

The Wyoming results are faulty because they omit the significant write-in vote.

Here is a link to the Post’s election returns for U.S. Senate. The Nebraska abbreviation “PEC” means “Petitioning candidate”, which is the Nebraska term for independent candidates.

The New Jersey Senate returns unfortunately omit the party labels. Those labels are: LaVergne “D-R Party”; Schroeder “Economic Growth”; Sabas had different labels in different counties, but mostly used “We Need More”; Boss had different labels in different counties, either “NSA Whistleblower” or “NSA Did 911”; Baratelli was “Libertarian”.

Americans Elect Party Loses Qualified Status in Arizona

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Here is a link to the Arizona Secretary of State’s election returns page. Americans Elect polled .99% for Governor, so it will be removed from the ballot in a year, unless it gets its registration up to two-thirds of 1% of the state total, which is very unlikely. If the party had polled 5% for Governor, it would have retained for another four years even without meeting the alternate voter registration test.

All Three of Utah’s Qualified Parties Retain Status

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Utah requires parties to poll 2% for any statewide race in order to retain qualified status. The only statewide race this year in Utah was the Attorney General’s race. See here for the results. The Libertarian Party polled 3.89%; the Constitution Party polled 3.25%; the Independent American Party polled 2.63%.

The Libertarian and Constitution Parties each polled over 2% in 2012 as well, and because parties get four years of ballot status when they meet the vote test, those two parties were not at risk of losing their status. But because they did exceed 2%, they are now also on the ballot for 2018.

The Independent American Party is now ballot-qualified in Utah and New Mexico. It had no nominees on the ballot this year in New Mexico, but because it abstained from running for Governor, it continues to remain on the ballot. Once a party is ballot-qualified in New Mexico, it stays on the ballot until it chooses to run for either President or Governor and fails to get one-half of 1%. Other parties that continue to be ballot-qualified in New Mexico are the Libertarian and Green Parties.