According to this story, three New York Democratic nominees for State Senate have also won the Green Party nomination, by filing as write-in candidates in the Green Party’s primary.
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The Eleventh Circuit will hear Stein v Bennett, 13-15556, on Friday, November 21, in Montgomery, Alabama. The issue is Alabama’s March petition deadline for newly-qualifying party petitions, in presidential election years. The plaintiffs include the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution Parties, and some of their candidates and officers.
On September 24, Gallup released its poll on whether the U.S. would be better off with a major new political party. Gallup does this poll approximately once per year. The new poll shows 58% in favor. The all-time high was 60%, from last year’s poll.
According to this story, after the November 2014 election, the Arizona Republican Party will study whether to seek a closed primary for itself. Under Arizona law, all parties with primaries must let independents into their primary. According to the story, 21% of the votes cast in the 2014 Republican primary were cast by independent voters.
On September 24, WBUR released a poll for the Massachusetts gubernatorial race. The results: Democrat Martha Coakley 43%; Republican Charlie Baker 34%; United Independent Party Evan Falchuk 2%; independent Jeff McCormick 1%; independent Scott Lively less than 1%; undecided or refused 20%. See here for more detail. Scroll down to page seven for the results.
These results suggest that the United Independent Party will not achieve party status on election day, because Falchuk needs 3% of the vote to do that. Chances are the only ballot-qualified party in Massachusetts after November 2014 will be the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties. The Green Party is not now ballot-qualified but is very likely to poll at least 3% for one of the three lesser statewide offices. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.