Americans Elect is now a qualified party in Mississippi. Mississippi has never required a petition for a party to qualify itself. Instead, a party is recognized by submitting a list of state officers, and also a list of congressional district committee officers. Mississippi has four U.S. House districts.

Mississippi is the only state that has never changed its law, on how a group becomes a qualified party. The law has existed since 1890. Mississipi’s experience shows that there is no need for states to require large petition hurdles for groups to become recognized parties.

According to this story, it is possible Texas will move its primary for U.S. House and state legislative seats to May, even though the state would presumably holds its presidential primary, and its primary for statewide offices (such as U.S. Senate, and partisan judicial races) in March. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

On November 25, well-known PBS TV host Charlie Rose conducted a 20-minute interview with Elliot Ackerman and Kahlil Byrd, two of the most prominent leaders of Americans Elect. See it here.

At ten minutes into the interview, Rose asks why Americans Elect seems to only be interested in contesting the presidential election. Byrd says that it is quite likely that in 2014 and 2016, it will have nominees for Congress and state office. Thanks to Alex Hammer for the link.