Recently, the presidential nominees of two newly-created political parties decided to seek the Americans Elect presidential nomination. One such nominee is Rocky Anderson, who is also the presidential nominee of the Justice Party. See this news story about Anderson’s declaration, which he made on March 14.

The other is David Jon Sponheim, of Oak Harbor, Washington. He is the nominee of the new “America’s Third Party” (not to be confused with the party that nominated Alan Keyes in 2008, which was then called “America’s Independent Party” and is now “America’s Party”). Sponheim has sent this press release, which not only says that he is seeking the Americans Elect nomination, but gives clear instructions on how anyone may become an Americans Elect delegate, so it is of interest to anyone interested in the Americans Elect process.

On March 14, a lower state court in Arizona ruled that Charlie Manolakis should remain on the Green Party primary ballot, in the upcoming special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 8th district. See this story. Manolakis produced evidence that he is a registered member of the Green Party, and has been since last month. The challenge to his spot on the ballot was based on the misinformation that he is not a registered Green Party member.

Nevada requires that statewide initiatives obtain a substantial number of signatures from each U.S. House district in the state. On March 14, the 9th circuit upheld the Nevada distribution requirement for initiative petitions. Angle v Miller, 10-16707. Here is the 20-page decision. The decision was not surprising. As noted in the decision, there are no precedents invalidating distribution requirements for statewide petitions, if the units are of equal population.