On October 21, Jill Stein filed this reply brief in Stein v LaRose, s.d., 2:24cv-04042. This is the case over whether votes for Jill Stein should be counted. The brief is fierce.
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Recently, a Libertarian Party supporter in Illinois noticed that his mail ballot for Cook County office was flawed. The Libertarian Party is ballot-qualified in Cook County for the countywide executive offices, and it has a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court. Although his name was on the faulty ballot, there was no bubble for a voter to be able to vote for him. See this story.
The county officials say only about 300 ballots were flawed, and that it is sending a corrected ballot to the voters who got the bad ballot.
The Louisiana Secretary of State has released registration totals as of October 21, 2024. Democratic 1,138,681; Republican 1,055,855; Independent Party 147,941; Libertarian 15,816; Green 2,765; No Labels 2,118; Reform 804; Conservative 783; Constitution 149; Socialist 96; Solidarity 104; Forward 32; Socialism & Liberation 8; independent and miscellaneous 678,807.
Percentages for the parties with at least .05% are: Democratic 37.41%; Republican 34.69%; Independent Party 4,86: Libertarian .52%; Green .09%; No Labels .07%.
Percentages in May 2924 had been: Democratic 38.06%; Republican 34.29%; Independent Party 4.57%; Libertarian .53%; Green .09%; No Labels .08%.
Christopher Thrasher, a former leader of the national Libertarian Party, is the Republican nominee for Massachusetts State House in the Eighth Bristol District, centered on Westport. Here is his LPedia page.
When filing closed for the September 3 primary, no Republican had filed to be on the primary ballot. Thrasher made a last-minute decision to seek the Republican nomination by write-in votes. He needed 150, and received 171. See this story.
Oregon mails a Voters Pamphlet to every registered voter. It includes statements from candidates, if the candidate chose to purchase space in the Pamphlet. The fee for presidential candidates is $3,500.
Seven presidential candidates are on the Oregon ballot and could have purchased space, but three candidates chose not to do so: Donald Trump, Cornel West, and Randall Terry.
The four candidates who did purchase space are Kamala Harris, Oliver Chase, Jill Stein, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. He is a link to the pamphlet.
Vice-presidential candidates can also buy space. The only vice-presidential candidate who did so is Tim Walz.
Trump’s omission from the pamphlet was erroneously blamed on the Secretary of State, whose office received so many hostile telephone calls from all over the nation, the office had to shut down the phone system for a few days. Thanks to Michael Drucker for this news.