Arkansas Green Party Appeals Case on How a Party Remains on the Ballot

Posted on by September 27, 2010
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On September 20, the Green Party filed a notice of appeal to the 8th circuit in Green Party of Arkansas v Daniels, 10-3106.  The issue is an Arkansas law that removes parties from the ballot if they go through a presidential election and fail to poll at least 3% of the vote for President.  The lower court had upheld the law, saying it is not discriminatory.

The only parties that have polled 3% of the vote for President in Arkansas, during the last forty years, have been Ross Perot’s Reform Party in 1996, and an Independent Party formed by Perot in 1992 in order to get on the Arkansas ballot.  At the time, Arkansas didn’t have statutory procedures for independent presidential candidates to get on the ballot, so Perot was forced to create a party in Arkansas.

Rhode Island Republican Sues Her Own Party, and Secretary of State, over Lieutenant Governor Election

Posted on by September 27, 2010
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On September 24, Kara D. Russo filed a lawsuit in the Rhode Island Supreme Court against both her own political party (the Republican Party) and the Secretary of State.  See this story.  She alleges that it is unconstitutional for the Republican Party to have no nominee on the November ballot for Lieutenant Governor.  The winner of the Republican Party primary for that office withdrew after the primary and endorsed an independent candidate, and the Republican Party does not wish to choose a new nominee.  The case is Russo v Mollis, su-10-0339.  A preliminary hearing in the case, seeking an injunction to stop printing ballots, is being held on Monday, September 27.

Arizona U.S. Senate Debate

Posted on by September 26, 2010
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On the evening of September 26, the four candidates on the Arizona ballot for U.S. Senate debated each other.  Watch the debate through this link.  All four candidates were given equal time.  The candidates are John McCain (Republican), Rodney Glassman (Democrat), David Nolan (Libertarian), and Jerry Joslyn (Green).  If you don’t have time to watch the full hour and 15 minutes worth, choose the third segment, which is probably the most interesting.