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Virginia Republican Party Reacts to Governor Perry’s Amended Complaint

Posted on January 11, 2012 by adminJanuary 11, 2012

On January 11, the Virginia Republican Party asked permission to present evidence in Perry v Judd, the case over Virginia presidential primary ballot access. The judge promptly granted the party’s request.

When Governor Perry filed the lawsuit, he only complained about the state ban on out-of-state circulators, and at that time the Republican Party of Virginia held itself out as not only neutral, but disinterested in participating in the lawsuit. Then Governor Perry filed an amended complaint, in which he also complained that the Republican Party of Virginia’s procedures for petition-checking were somewhat different in 2012 than they had been in 2008, and that the party should have pre-cleared the new rules with the U.S. Justice Department.

In response, the Virginia Republican Party said that if the new aspect of the complaint were to be considered by the Court, the party wished to present evidence on exactly how it checked petitions in 2012.

New Hampshire Presidential Primary Totals for All Candidates

Posted on January 11, 2012 by adminJanuary 11, 2012

This story has the number of votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential primaries for all candidates who were on the ballots. Two of the candidates who were listed on the Republican ballot only received 3 votes in the entire state. The results are unofficial but include all precincts except one.

In the Democratic primary, 10% of the votes cast were write-in votes. It is probable that a majority of those were for Hillary Clinton. It is a little-known fact that in the November 2008 presidential election, Hillary Clinton received thousands of write-in votes. Virtually no state reported these, because it is normal nowadays that states only canvass write-in votes for declared write-in candidates. But there were a few jurisdictions that reported all write-ins, and the number for Hillary Clinton was substantial, comparatively speaking. There were also thousands of write-in votes in November 2008 for Ron Paul.

California State Senate District Boundaries Could Change

Posted on January 11, 2012 by adminJanuary 11, 2012

On January 10, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit on California State Senate district boundaries. This case has been well-covered in California media. Here is a story that explains the situation very well. The period for collecting signatures in lieu of filing fees has already opened in California, so the uncertainty over the district boundaries is disruptive.

Robert David Steele, Who is Seeking the Reform Party Presidential Nomination, Comments on Americans Elect Nomination Process

Posted on January 11, 2012 by adminJanuary 11, 2012

Robert David Steele is a Virginian who is seeking the Reform Party presidential nomination. He recently investigated the Americans Elect nomination process, and he has written an interesting commentary about it. According to Steele, a high-placed official with Americans Elect says the Americans Elect web page will be revised by the end of January, to list all candidates who have expressed an interest in the Americans Elect presidential nomination.

Steele is a former civilian officer with the U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence unit, and a former CIA case officer, and has written five books about intelligence gathering. He is a proponent of the open source intelligence movement. Here is the wiki article about him. His full name is somewhat ambiguous; sometimes he uses “Robert David Steele” and sometimes “Robert David Steele Vivas”, in the Latin American style that includes the mother’s maiden name as part of the surname.

Peace & Freedom Party Primary Ballot to List Four Candidates

Posted on January 10, 2012 by adminJanuary 10, 2012

The Peace & Freedom Party of California is entitled to its own presidential primary in 2012. That ballot will include four candidates: (1) Stewart Alexander; (2) Rocky Anderson; (3) Peta Lindsay; (4) Stephen Durham.

Alexander is already the Socialist Party nominee; Rocky Anderson will probably be the Justice Party nominee; Peta Lindsay is the nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation; and Stephen Durham is the nominee of the Freedom Socialist Party. None of those four parties is on the California ballot, so each hopes for the Peace and Freedom nomination so as to be on the November 2012 ballot in California.