The Kentucky Secretary of State’s office has already approved all three presidential petitions submitted earlier. Therefore, Kentucky will have five presidential candidates on its ballot, the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green Parties, and independent candidate Randall Terry.
This is the first time the Green Party presidential nominee has been on in Kentucky since 2000. Thanks to Tamar Yager for this news.
On September 7, the Arizona Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit over whether the top-two open primary should be on the ballot. See this story. Here is a link to how the measure will be presented on the ballot. Scroll down to page eight. Note that the measure is not called “Open primary”; it is called a “top-two primary.” However, virtually every newspaper in Arizona recently has referred to the measure as an “open primary.”
On the afternoon of September 8, the New York Conservative Party met in Albany and nominated Mitt Romney for President. See the party’s web page announcement here.
Although some states say they are already printing ballots for overseas absentee ballots, at least fifteen states cannot start printing ballots yet. Three states still haven’t held their congressional primaries. They are Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, all of which hold their congressional primaries on September 11, 2012.
As of September 9, some Colorado counties can’t print ballots because a court is still deciding whether they can contain bar codes. See this story. Also, Connecticut can’t print any ballots yet, because the State Supreme Court still hasn’t decided which party should have the top line on the ballot. The Connecticut Supreme Court will hear arguments over that on September 12.
Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island can’t print ballots yet because it is still not determined yet which presidential candidates will appear on the ballot. The New York deadine for qualified parties to choose presidential elector candidates is September 20. See the New York State Board of Elections calendar here. See especially “Party nominations other than primary.”
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has not yet issued any order on whether the state should postpone printing overseas absentee ballots. That Court is considering whether the Americans Elect Party should be on the ballot for President. In Michigan, although the state may already be printing overseas absentee ballots, the Secretary of State has still not said yet whether she will print the name of Gary E. Johnson of Austin, Texas on the ballot. Also the Michigan Libertarian Party is appealing its ballot access case to the Sixth Circuit.
Presidential candidates who submitted petitions in Rhode Island are the nominees of the Constitution, Green, Justice, Libertarian, and Socialism & Liberation Parties. Thanks to Robert McHugh for this information.
