According to this story, U.S. Senator Mike Lee will attempt to qualify for the Utah Republican Party primary ballot by collecting approximately 28,000 signatures of registered Republicans. Utah law on how candidates get on a primary ballot is unsettled just now.
The Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary on March 1 will list five candidates: Darryl Cherney, Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry, William Kreml, Kent Mesplay, and Jill Stein. See this post at Green Party Watch.
The party tells the Massachusetts Secretary of State which names to list. No petition or fee is required.
In 2012, the Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary had three candidates: Kent Mesplay, Harley Mikkelson, and Jill Stein.
In 2008, the Massachusetts Green primary had six candidates: Jared Ball, Elaine Brown, Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Ralph Nader, and Kat Swift.
In 2004, that primary had four candidates: David Cobb, Paul Glover, Kent Mesplay, and Lorna Salzman.
The last two candidates to file for a Virginia presidential primary are Jim Gilmore, who submitted a little over 6,000, and Martin O’Malley, who turned in somewhat more than 7,000. See this story.
UPDATE: according to this story, the Gilmore petition arrived only twelve minutes before the deadline.
This Washington Post story says top Republican Party officials met on December 7 and made some plans for a contested national convention.
Texas has a unique law that says if a group intends to qualify as a political party, it must notify the Secretary of State by January 2 of the election year. The Reform Party of Texas recently filed this notice.
