On July 30, the Democratic National Committee said the virtual roll-call to choose a national ticket will be August 1-5. For president, the only eligible candidate is Kamala Harris, because no other presidential candidate obtained 300 signatures of delegates.
On July 30, U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle heard the Cornel West ballot access case in North Carolina. Ortiz v North Carolina State Board of Elections, e.d., 5:24cv-420. The West petition for the Justice for All Party has enough valid signatures, according to the county boards. But the State Board still wouldn’t put his party on the ballot, because they said they believed some petitioners misrepresented the contents of the petition.
The judge said he would rule quickly. He allowed Cornel West to intervene in the case. The case had been filed by some voters who want to vote for West.
On July 30, ABC News, sponsor of the next presidential debate, announced rules for inclusion to the September 10 event. They are very similar to the CNN rules that pertained to the June 27 debate. See here. Thanks to Derek Muller for the link.
On July 30, Kerry Eddy, the Legal Marijuana Now party nominee for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, withdrew from the race. See this story. The law permits the party to substitute a new nominee, and party leaders expect to nominate someone else.
On July 11, Hawaii state representative Mark Nakashima died. He had been running for re-election and no one had filed to run against him in the August 10 Democratic primary. Nor did anyone to file in any other party’s primary ballot in that district, nor did any independent candidate file.
Hawaii is one of only five states that bans all write-ins in all elections. Because there is no write-in space, when only one candidate files, that candidate cannot be defeated. So, voters in the First State House District effectively have lost their ability to choose their state representative.
Hawaii election law provides that the new Representative will be chosen by the Governor, from a list of three Democrats suggested by the Democratic Party. See this story.
