The only statewide petitions submitted in Pennsylvania this year are from the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties. Here is a story that says the Greens submitted 35,000 signatures. Some were turned in on July 31 and some on August 1, the deadline. The state requires 20,601 signatures.
The Constitution Party turned in 34,000 signatures; the Libertarian Party turned in 42,000 signatures.
TIME Magazine has this story about Virgil Goode and the Constitution Party. The story says Goode has collected 17,000 signatures in Virginia, but actually he has collected 19,000. The state requires 10,000. Thanks to both Frank Fluckiger and Rick Hasen for the link.
Minor party presidential candidates who qualified for the New Jersey ballot are the nominees of the American Third Position, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Justice, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Socialist Workers parties. Besides those seven, an independent candidate, Jeff Boss, qualified. His ballot label is “NSA DID 911”. His vice-presidential candidate is Bob Pasternak.
The Socialist Party petition for president did not succeed. However, the Socialist Party had earlier this year qualified a candidate for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, Greg Pason.
On August 1, Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, was arrested by Philadelphia police. She had been protesting outside the Fannie Mae office, a protest against certain evictions. See this story.
According to this story, a U.S. District Court Judge on August 1 seemed to indicate that West Virginia’s extra public funding for judicial races (for candidates who have well-funded privately-funded opponents) is likely unconstitutional. This type of public funding was invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. West Virginia had argued that the U.S. Supreme Court precedent should not apply to judicial elections, but that argument seems unlikely to persuade the judge. However, there is no formal ruling yet.
