Two Independent Presidential Candidates File Petitions in Ohio

Posted on by August 10, 2012
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The deadline for independent presidential petitions in Ohio has now passed. Two independent presidential candidates submitted petitions: Richard Duncan, and Michael Vargo. The vice-presidential candidate for Duncan is Ricky Johnson; the v-p for Vargo is Jeff Angeletti. Duncan lives in Aurora, Ohio; and Vargo lives in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Duncan also ran as an independent presidential candidate in Ohio in 2008, and got 3,905 votes in Ohio. He was not on the ballot in any other state in 2008.

Ohio has seven ballot-qualified parties, and they didn’t need any petition to appear on the November ballot for President. Those parties are Democratic, Republican, Americans Elect, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, and Socialist.

North Carolina Libertarian Party Receives $96,664 from State Income Tax Check-Off

Posted on by August 10, 2012
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North Carolina is one of the thirteen states in which the state income tax form lets taxpayers choose to help any particular ballot-qualified party. This year, the state recently sent these amounts to each of the three ballot-qualified parties: Democratic $1,456,436; Republican $898,532; Libertarian $96,664.

Amounts are larger in presidential election years than in other years, because the state policy is to hold back some of the money in non-presidential years, and release it in presidential election years.

The Libertarian Party will probably spend a major share of its money for its gubernatorial campaign, because the party must poll at least 2% of the vote for either President or Governor in order to remain on the ballot in 2014 and 2016. North Carolina elects its Governors in presidential election years. Parties face no vote test in mid-term years.

Libertarian Party is Only Group to Submit Presidential Petition in District of Columbia

Posted on by August 10, 2012
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The deadline has now passed for independent presidential candidates, and the presidential nominees of unqualified parties, to submit petitions in the District of Columbia. The Libertarian Party submitted the only presidential petition.

The three ballot-qualified parties in D.C., which did not need to submit a petition, are the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties.

Constitution Party Petition in Washington State is Valid

Posted on by August 10, 2012
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Virgil Goode, the Constitution Party presidential candidate, will appear on the Washington state ballot. The Secretary of State’s office had already validated all the other presidential petitions this year, but did not finish validating the Constitution Party petition until August 9. Thanks to Gary Odom for this news.

The petitions that had already been validated in that state are Libertarian, Green, Justice, Socialist Workers, and Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Knoxville News Sentinel Covers Sixth Circuit Order of August 9 that Keeps Green Party and Constitution Party on Tennessee Ballot

Posted on by August 9, 2012
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The Knoxville News Sentinel has this story about the August 9 order of the Sixth Circuit, concerning ballot status for the Green Party and the Constitution Party. UPDATE: see this AP story, especially the very last sentence, which seems to suggest that the Tennessee Coordinator of Elections, Mark Goins, is pleased that Tennessee will have some minor parties on the ballot for the first time since 1972.