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.
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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.
Eleanor Garcia was on the ballot in the June 7, 2016 California primary for U.S. Senate. She was the nominee of the Socialist Workers Party. As of June 15, her vote total is 49,138, and there are still several million uncounted ballots. It seems inevitable her final total will be over 50,000. California law does not permit every candidate to list his or her party on the ballot. Because the Socialist Workers Party is not ballot-qualified, she was on the ballot as “party preference: none.”
The last time a Socialist Workers Party candidate got over 50,000 votes was in November 2004, when Carole Lesnick received 61,780 votes for Ohio State Board of Education, district 11, which includes Cleveland. That was a 3-candidate race. Ohio State Board of Education races are non-partisan, so no party label was on the ballot.