Foster’s Daily Democrat, a daily newspaper in Dover, New Hampshire, has this fairly lengthy story about the Americans Elect petition for party status in New Hampshire. The story also mentions the Libertarian Party petition for party status. Neither group is finished collecting yet, but each group has more signatures than the required 13,698.
The New Hampshire party petition has existed since 1996, and until this year, had only been used once, by the Libertarians in 2000.
The story also has interesting information about the Americans Elect ballot situation in Maine. The party petition in that state has already been held to have enough valid signatures. The story mentions that in order to remain ballot-qualified in Maine after the 2012 election, the party must have at least 10,000 registrants who actually vote in November (it doesn’t matter whom they vote for). The old 5% vote test for a party to remain ballot-qualified no longer exists, thanks to a change in the 2009 law. The story mentions that Americans Elect in Maine now has fewer than 100 registrants. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
