Georgia Administrative Law Judge Removes Jill Stein, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Claudia De la Cruz, and Cornel West from the Ballot

Posted on by August 26, 2024
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On August 26, a Georgia Administrative Law Judge removed Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Jill Stein, Cornel West, and Claudia De la Cruz from the ballot.  See this story.

The administrative law judge said when presidential candidates seek to qualify by petition in Georgia, the true candidates are the candidates for presidential elector, and each elector needs his or her own petition.

He also said that Jill Stein can’t be on the ballot because it is impossible for her to prove that she is on the ballot in at least twenty other states or territories that have presidential electors.  This seems absurd, and would nullify the new law that allows presidential candidates to be on if their party is on in at least 20 other jurisdictions.

The Secretary of State need not follow the Administrative Law Judge’s analysis.  He is the decider.  It seems unlikely that he would agree that petitions must be submitted for each presidential elector, because the Secretary of State already approved the form of the petition.

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Keeps Jill Stein on the Ballot

Posted on by August 26, 2024
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On August 26, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a three-page order in Strange v Wisconsin Election Commission, 2024AP164-OA.  This is the lawsuit over whether Jill Stein should be on the ballot.  The Green Party is a qualified party in Wisconsin.  A very old election law says qualified parties should nominate their presidential elector candidates on October 1 at the State Capitol, and the meeting should be attended by that party’s state legislators and others who are nominees for the legislature that year.

The challenger said because the Green Party doesn’t have any candidates for state legislature this year, it can’t legally nominate presidential elector candidates.  This ignores the historical fact that as long as this law has existed (probably for over 100 years), the state has never said that this is the only way qualified parties may nominate presidential elector candidates.

The order says, “We determine that the petitioner is not entitled to the relief he seeks.”  The petitioner in this case is David Strange, who is a staffer for the Wisconsin Democratic Party.

Alaska Will Have Seven or Eight Presidential Candidates on Ballot

Posted on by August 26, 2024
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The Alaska Division of Elections’ website lists seven presidential candidates on the ballot:  the nominees of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Aurora Parties, and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The American Solidarity Party may also qualify its presidential nominee.  The state is still checking that petition.

Jill Stein’s ballot label is “independent”, because the Alaska Green Party (which is not on the ballot) is not affiliated with the national Green Party.

The Aurora Party nominee is Cornel West.

Hearing Set in Challenge to Libertarian U.S. House Nominee in Iowa

Posted on by August 26, 2024
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A hearings officer for the Iowa Secretary of State will preside on Wednesday, August 28, in the challenge to the Libertarian Party’s nominee for U.S. House, Third District.  The party nominated  Marco Battaglia by meetings, which the law allows.  The Republican Party challenged him because it said the Libertarian Party didn’t hold county conventions, even though it held local meetings and a state convention.

The Libertarian Party says it did hold county conventions.  They were co-terminous with the state convention.  At the state convention, county conventions were convened, and residents of particular counties caucused together.