Illinois State Court Refuses to Recognize that Green Party is Ballot-Qualified in Any Districts

Posted on by November 25, 2011
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On November 23, a Circuit Court in Cook County, Illinois, refused to grant an injunction that would have required election officials to recognize the Green Party as a ballot-qualified party in the four U.S. House districts and four legislative districts in which it polled over 5% in 2010. The party is appealing. Here is the 8-page decision.

Illinois election law says if a party got 5% of the vote in the previous election for any partisan office, then it is a ballot-qualified party automatically in the next election for that office. But election officials believe that if the partisan office is a district office, and the district boundaries change, that status lapses. In 2010, the Green Party polled 34.5% for State Representative in the 39th district in Chicago, and 25.6% for State Representative in the 115th district in Carbondale, and 17.4% for State Representative in the 105th district in Pontiac. However, even the Green Party’s status in those districts will go unrecognized, unless the party’s appeal changes the legal outcome.

Constitution Party Candidate for New Jersey Legislature Polled Over 10% in Race with Both Major Parties

Posted on by November 25, 2011
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On November 8, 2011, New Jersey held elections for legislature. In the 24th legislative district, Constitution Party nominee Rose Anne Salanitri polled 10.2% of the total vote cast, even though she had opponents from both major parties. Here is her campaign web page, which says she is a Constitution Party nominee. She is somewhat well-known for having launched a campaign to recall U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. Her ballot label was not “Constitution”, but “Tea Party Proud.”

Generally, minor parties candidates in New Jersey poll rather small percentages of the vote, because in almost all counties, all candidates who aren’t Democrats and Republicans are put in a far right-hand column on the ballot under the uninspiring ballot heading, “By petition.”

The 24th district is in Sussex County, in north rural New Jersey.

November 2011 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by November 25, 2011
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Ballot Access News
November 1, 2011 – Volume 27, Number 6

This issue was printed on gray paper.

Table of Contents

  1. SUPREME COURT REJECTS TWO MORE MINOR PARTY CASES
  2. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR VETOES HARMFUL BILL
  3. 8th CIRCUIT UPHOLDS NORTH DAKOTA LAW
  4. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SEASON IS LONGER THAN EVER
  5. 2012 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
  6. SOCIALIST PARTY CONVENTION
  7. GREEN PARTY CONVENTION
  8. WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION RESULTS
  9. LOUISIANA 2011 ELECTION
  10. GREENS ALMOST ELECT A LEGISLATOR
  11. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Wall Street Journal Reporter Neil King on Possibility of a Strong Presidential Nominee Outside Two Major Parties

Posted on by November 25, 2011
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Wall Street Journal reporter Neil King, Jr., has this essay on the chances for a strong presidential candidate in 2012 who runs outside the two major parties.

If you click the link and only the first paragraph is visible, try going to news.google.com and inserting “Two-Party System Begs for a Third”. That will probably produce the entire article.

New Mexican, Santa Fe’s Newspaper, Interviews Gary Johnson

Posted on by November 25, 2011
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The New Mexican, Santa Fe’s daily newspaper, has this interview with Gary Johnson, in which Johnson appears to open the door to seeking the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. Unfortunately, Johnson apparently told the interviewer that the Libertarian Party has never polled as much as 1% of the vote for President, when actually the Libertarian Party polled 1.065% for President in 1980. Also the Libertarian Party has polled over 1% of the national U.S. House vote, for its combined vote for U.S. House nominees, in four elections: 2010, 2002, 2000, and 1998.

UPDATE: Politico picked up the story, and added some interesting content of its own. See here.