According to this story, civic leaders in Las Vegas will seek to persuade the Republican Party to hold its 2016 presidential convention in that city. Las Vegas had never been the location of any party’s presidential convention until 2012, when the Libertarian Party met there.
On November 25, the New Mexico Constitution Party asked the State Supreme Court to rule that it should be considered a ballot-qualified party for 2014. The case is Constitution Party of New Mexico v Duran, 34431. The party cites the law that says if the Secretary of State was going to disqualify the party after the 2012 election, she should have notified the party officers of her decision no later than March 15, 2013. Actually she didn’t notify them until July 18, 2013.
Also the law says when a party is disqualified, the state must sent each member of that party a letter, informing the voter. The law says that letter should have been sent no later than April 29, but actually such letters were not sent until November 1. Here is the party’s request to the State Supreme Court to hear the case.
On November 24, Dennis Spisak said that he will seek the Green Party’s nomination for Governor of Ohio. He was the party’s nominee in 2010, and he polled 1.52% in a four-party race. It is very likely that the Green Party will intervene in the pending Libertarian Party lawsuit, arguing that the new ballot access law cannot be applied for the 2014 election. Assuming that lawsuit wins, Ohio will hold a Green Party primary. If the lawsuit does not win, the Green Party will need approximately 28,000 valid signatures before early July 2014 in order to place Spisak on the November ballot with the party label. Or he could run as a statewide independent for 5,000 valid signatures, which are due in May. See this story about Spisak.
A Court of Common Pleas in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, will hold a hearing on Wednesday, November 27, on whether to hold a new election for Wayne Township Supervisor. The case was brought by the Democratic nominee, Bruce M. Peterson. His complaint is that his name was accidentally left off the November 5, 2013 ballot. The county is not opposing the lawsuit, so chances are he will win the lawsuit and obtain a new election. See this story.
On November 25, the Virginia State Board of Elections certified the election returns from this month’s election. Here are the totals from the State Board of Elections’ webpage. The webpage continues to say that the results are unofficial, but they are the same totals as the official totals. The Attorney General race was won by 165 votes, by Democratic nominee Mark Herring. It is considered a certainty that the Republican nominee, Mark Obenshain, will ask for a recount. He has ten days to do that and the government will pay for the recount. See this story. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
