Both federal and state courts in Michigan have ruled that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, cannot withdraw, partly because it would leave the party that nominated him, the Natural Law Party, with no nominees. However, the Natural Law Party has a nominee for Governor of Wayne State University, a partisan statewide race.

Therefore, even if Kennedy had withdrawn in Michigan, the Natural Law Party would still be extremely likely to retain its place on the ballot for future elections. Minor party candidates for Michigan’s partisan statewide elections always poll enough votes to keep their party on the ballot. The vote test is only 1% of the winning candidate’s vote total for Secretary of State in the last Secretary of State election. No minor party has ever run for a statewide partisan educational post and failed to win enough votes.

Here is the Michigan candidate list. The educational statewide offices are toward the back of the list.

Guam is the only jurisdiction that does not have electoral votes and yet which holds a presidential general election. Any presidential candidate may be on the ballot by request. No petition nor filing fee is required.

This year, the ballot will list the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Green, American Solidarity, Prohibition and Socialist Parties. Also it will include Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., with the “independent” label. Thanks to Tony Roza for this news.

Guam has been holding presidential elections starting in 1980. Because Guam is on the other side of the International Date Line, relative to the United States, the results from Guam can be known by election day morning in the United States.

The Upstate Jobs Party is preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision Upstate Jobs Party v Kosinski, in which the Second Circuit upheld a New York campaign finance law that lets individuals give more contributions to a major party nominee than an independent candidate or the nominee of an unqualified party.

The party has received an extension of time in which to file the cert petition. It is now due October 31.