The American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law, has just published the Second Edition of “America Votes!”. It is described as “A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights.” The second edition, unlike the first edition, contains a chapter on ballot access laws.
The book’s title “America Votes!” should not be confused with the series of election return books published by Congressional Quarterly and authored by Rhodes Cook, which are titled “America Votes”.
On July 26, the Oklahoma Elections Board held its regular lottery to determine the order of parties on the November ballot. See this story. Democrats will appear first, followed by Republicans and then Americans Elect. However, it is still possible the Libertarian Party will be added to the ballot. Currently, all sides are waiting for the U.S. District Court Judge to decide whether to let the Libertarian Party amend its complaint to add a specific point that requiring a newly-qualifying party to nominate by primary violates the U.S. Constitution, if the timing of that primary is such that the deadline must be as early as March 1.
This article says the Gary Johnson campaign is hopeful of raising enough money by July 30 to commit to a major advertising campaign on radio.
The Oregon Secretary of State recently released a voter registration tally as of June 26. This is the first monthly tally to include Americans Elect, because the party wasn’t ballot-qualified until May. The new tally can be seen here. Americans Elect had three registered members as of the time of this tally: two in Lane County and one in Marion County.
The Oregon Green Party did not run any statewide candidates in 2010, so that jeopardized its ballot status for future years. Oregon permits a party to remain ballot-qualified either by having polled 1% for a statewide race in the last election, or by keeping or restoring its registration to one-half of 1%. During 2011 the party’s registration had been below that benchmark. However, over the last few months, the party has been conducting a registration drive, and it now meets the one-half of 1% standard, and is safely on the ballot this year. Thanks to Blair Bobier for this news. In Oregon, the Green Party is called the Pacific Green Party.
