Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal ended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on November 17. He was free to then withdraw his name from the New Hampshire presidential primary (his $1,000 filing fee had arrived in the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s mail on November 16). But he did not withdraw, and because he did not withdraw by the end of the day November 20, his name remains on the ballot.

Arkansas will permit him to withdraw, but he hasn’t done that yet, and even if he does, he won’t get his $15,000 Arkansas filing fee back. Most of that money went to the Arkansas Republican Party, which has a policy that such fees are not refundable.

The Virginia Reform Party has launched an effort to draft Jim Webb for President. See here. The web page is draftwebb2016.com.

The Reform Party is free to begin circulating a petition listing Webb as its presidential nominee, without the need for Webb to take any action at all. However, such petitions in Virginia can’t begin to circulate until January 4, 2016. Also Virginia permits stand-ins for candidates named on petitions, so the Reform Party of Virginia is also free to launch a petition that names a stand-in for both President and Vice-President.

Republican presidential candidates will debate each other on December 15 in Las Vegas. CNN, the sponsor, said on November 20 that candidates must be at 3.5% nationally in order to qualify. They can also qualify if they are at 4% in either Iowa or New Hampshire.

It is likely that nine Republicans will qualify.