Even though Ken Cuccinelli, Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia this year, wants to debate 15 times with his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, Cuccinelli does not want Rob Sarvis to be invited to any of the debates. See this story. Sarvis is the Libertarian nominee and appears likely to be the only third candidate on the ballot.
On May 21, the California Green, Libertarian, and Peace & Freedom Parties filed this brief in Rubin v Bowen, the case in state court that challenges the California top-two system. The parties also filed this request for Judicial Notice, pertaining to the procedures by which the top-two bills passed the legislature, as well as June 2012 and November 2012 data showing almost 2.5 times as many voters voted in California in November as in June.
New York State Senator Greg Ball (R-Patterson) has introduced SB 5305. It would convert all elections for state and local office to non-partisan elections. There would be no primaries for state or local office. Instead, anyone who wanted to run would do so in November. Candidates would get on the ballot with petitions. Statewide candidates would need 15,000 signatures. No party labels would appear on the ballot.
On May 21, the Oregon State Circuit Court, 5th district, issued an opinion in Reeves v Wagner, cv12-010345. The Oregon Libertarian Party is internally divided between two factions. The Reeves faction sued the Wagner faction, hoping to obtain a court decision that the Reeves faction officers are the true officers of the state party. But the court ruled that it has no jurisdiction, and that the Oregon Libertarian Party’s Judicial Committee should decide the matter. Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for the link.
The Virginia Libertarian Party’s petition to place its gubernatorial candidate on the November 2013 ballot has approximately 15,000 signatures. It needs 10,000 and is due June 11. The candidate is Rob Sarvis. If he gets on the ballot, he will be the only candidate on the ballot other than the Democratic and Republican nominees.
Last year, Tareq Salahi said he would run as an independent for Governor of Virginia, but it appears from this article that he is no longer doing that.
