West Virginia totals for the declared write-in presidential candidates who were on the ballot in at least one state are: Virgil Goode 119, Roseanne Barr 31, Rocky Anderson 12, Merlin Miller 11, Tom Hoefling 5, Richard Duncan 1.
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On December 21, the Oregon Secretary of State ruled that the Constitution Party is still ballot-qualified. The Secretary of State interprets the law to mean that the vote test does count when a candidate is the nominee of two parties. However, it only counts for the party of membership of that candidate. Here is the December 20 blog post about this issue, which explains this issue in greater detail.
The Secretary of State acknowledges that the law is not clear, and it appears that the Secretary of State is depending on legislative intent. The law permitting fusion was never intended to make it more difficult for a party to remain qualified.
Four counties in the United States gave Virgil Goode, Constitution Party presidential nominee, more than 2% of the total vote last month. They were Franklin County, Virginia (2.58%); Carroll County, Virginia (2.17%); Esmeralda County, Nevada (2.08%), and Craig County, Virginia (2.06%).
Two of the three Virginia counties listed above were not in Goode’s old Congressional district, the 5th. Instead they were in the 9th district, the far western part of Virginia.
Goode’s best states were: South Dakota .65%; Wyoming .59%; North Dakota .37%; Michigan .3407%; Idaho .3406%; and Virginia .339%.
Two Pennsylvania State House members, Robert Godshall (Hatfield) and Seth Grove (York) say they will introduce a bill to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
On December 18, the Federal Election Commission certified another $202,026 in primary season matching funds for Gary Johnson. Presumably, this is the final certification for him and any other presidential candidate for 2012. Johnson’s total 2012 primary season matching funds amount is now $510,261.