Fairvote has this interesting analysis of what proportion of voters in Republican primaries and caucuses this year were cast for candidates who had already withdrawn from the Republican race. Thanks to Rob Richie for the link.
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Ballot Access News
March 1, 2016 – Volume 31, Number 10
| This issue was printed on green paper. |
- SOUTH DAKOTA IMPROVES NEW PARTY DEADLINE
- KENTUCKY DEBATE PROCEDURAL WIN
- UTAH LEGISLATURE REPEALS STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE
- ILLINOIS BALLOT ACCESS WIN
- INDEPENDENT PARTY SUES CALIFORNIA
- MISSOURI BALLOT ACCESS WIN
- MISSISSIPPI BALLOT ACCESS WIN
- ARKANSAS DEFEAT
- BALLOT ACCESS BILLS
- FEBRUARY 2016 REGISTRATION TOTALS
- 2016 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
- PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES WHO GOT ON BALLOTS IN FEBRUARY
- REPUBLICAN PARTY DONORS ASK CONSULTING FIRM TO ANALYZE BALLOT ACCESS LAWS FOR INDEPENDENT RUN
- SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY TICKET
- NEW PARTY QUALIFIES IN HAWAII
- ILLINOIS GREEN PARTY PRIVATE PRIMARY RESULTS
- CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE WON’T PUT JILL STEIN ON PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY PRIMARY
- BERNIE SANDERS CRITICIZES BALLOT ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
- JIM WEBB WON’T RUN FOR PRESIDENT
- FEC 2014 ELECTION RETURNS BOOK
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
Filing has closed for candidates to run in the California June 7 primary. For the state legislature, there are fourteen districts in which only one person filed to be on the primary ballot. In each case, the incumbent is that one candidate. Under California’s top-two system, write-ins are permitted in the primary (but not the general), and the write-in candidate, if any, who places second in June in each of these districts will appear on the November ballot.
The districts are State Senate 33, and Assembly districts 1, 2, 32, 46, 49, 51, 56, 58, 59, 62, 70, 73, and 76. Declared write-in candidates need 40 valid signatures, due in May. Any registered voter can sign.
The Secretary of State’s web page is expected to have the candidate list by March 31. This information was obtained from county election web sites. Thanks to Ted Brown and Joe Dehn for the information.
Minnesota Senator Kent Eken (DFL-Twin Valley) has introduced SF 2807, which makes two ballot access improvements. It deletes the language on the petition for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties that says the signer doesn’t intend to vote in the upcoming primary. And it reduces the number of signatures on such petitions in special elections, when the petitioning period is shorter than usual. The Secretary of State backs this bill and its provisions seems likely to pass, whether in the bill or else placed into another election law bill. Thanks to S. L. Malleck and Jim Ivey for this news.
UPDATE: the provisions of SF 2807 have been merged into SF 2381, the bill to provide for a presidential primary in the future.
On March 24, Monmouth University Polls released a general election poll which includes Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Gary Johnson. The results: Clinton 42%, Donald Trump 34%, Gary Johnson 11%, other or undecided 13%.
The poll also asked respondents to choose among just Clinton and Trump, and those results were: Clinton 48%, Trump 38%, other or undecided 14%. This result shows that when Libertarians are on the ballot, they draw substantially from both major parties, although somewhat more from Democrats. The poll also says that Johnson’s best percentages were in Republican-leaning states.
The most significant aspect of this poll is that Johnson was included. If other leading polling companies follow Monmouth’s lead, it is not implausible that Johnson (assuming he becomes the Libertarian Party’s nominee) may reach 15% in future polls and qualify for the Commission on Presidential Debates events. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link and thanks to Cody Quirk for pushing me to blog this.