New Jersey Elections Office Posts List of Candidates

The New Jersey State Elections office has posted an unofficial list of candidates for the congressional elections of November 2024.  For U.S. Senate, there are five petitioning candidates, the nominees of the Libertarian, Green, and Socialist Workers Party, and two independent candidates, incumbent Robert Menendez and Patricia Mooneyham.  See here.

For U.S. House, the Green Party has nominees in all twelve districts, the first time that party has ever run for all seats in New Jersey.  The Libertarian Party has seven; the Socialist Workers Party has one.  There are also thirteen independents.  See here.

Democratic Party Plans to Nominate Joe Biden by a Virtual Roll-Call in Advance of the Chicago Convention, Even Though No State Any Longer Threatens Their Ballot Access

According to a source within the Democratic National Committee, the party expects to nominate for president and vice-president in advance of the Chicago August convention, even though there is no longer any publicly revealed reason to do so.  As already noted, Ohio altered the deadline on Sunday, June 2, so there is no longer any problem with certification deadlines.

Nothing on the Democratic Party’s national website mentions this, and no news story I have found explains why the party is doing this.  Some speculate that the party is afraid of protests at the Chicago convention, so if the party has already nominated with a virtual roll-call, perhaps that might make the convention venue less appealing as a protest zone.

Four Pres/VP Petitions and Seven Downticket Candidates’ Petitions Rejected in New York for Too Few Signatures

On June 6, the New York State Board of Elections rejected the Presidential petitions of the Dr. Shiva Party, Green Party, Justice for All Party (Cornel West), and the Libertarian Party for having fewer than the 45,000 signatures required under New York law.

The petitions of one Common Sense Party candidate and six Libertarian Party candidates for US House or New York Assembly (the lower body of the New York legislature) were also rejected for having too few signatures for their respective races.

 

Congressman Thomas Massie will Co-Moderate the Presidential Debate Sponsored by Free & Equal

Free and Equal is sponsoring a presidential debate on Friday, July 12, in Las Vegas, at Caesars Forum.  The event is simultaneous with Freedomfest.

Chase Oliver, Jill Stein, and Randall Terry are confirmed.  Invitations have also been extended to Cornel West, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The debate moderators will be Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie, and Free & Equal founder Christina Tobin.  Massie is a Republican who has served in Congress since 2012.

Illinois State Court Strikes Down New Illinois Ballot Access Restriction as Applied to the 2024 Election

On June 5, an Illinois state trial court ruled that the new law passed by the legislature last month is unconstitutional, at least as applied to the 2024 election.  The new law abolished the ability of qualified parties to nominate anyone for the legislature after the primary was over.  Collazo v Illinois State Board of Elections, Sangamon Co. Circuit Court, 24-CH-32.  Here is the decision.