The New York Independence Party formally nominated the McCain-Palin ticket in Albany on September 21. Approximately 40 state committeemembers attended. Proxy voting dominates such meetings. McCain received 88% of the weighted vote, and the other 12% abstained. The entire meeting, which was a combination reorganization meeting and a state convention, last less than an hour. Frank MacKay was re-elected state chair.
On September 17, the California legislature sent SB 1322 to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He must sign it or veto it, or let it become law without his signature, by September 30. Although it is not an election law bill, it has implications for election law and for minor parties. It deletes provisions of the Education Code that bar anyone who has been a member of the Communist Party for the last five years from being hired by Public Schools. If this bill is signed into law, it will probably make it somewhat likely that the legislature will also repeal election laws that make it illegal for any person who has been a member of the Communist Party from running for public office, and which bar subversive parties from the ballot. None of these laws (education code and election code alike) have been enforced in California since a 1967 decision of the California Supreme Court.
On September 18, the legislature sent AB 583 to the Governor. It sets up a pilot program for public funding for candidates for Secretary of State in the 2014 election.
On September 18, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer spoke at a voter registration rally in Bozeman, on the campus of Montana State University. He said, “Everyone, please vote. This is a marketplace of ideas, whether you vote for John McCain, or whether you vote for Ron Paul, or whether you vote for Barack Obama!”. Ron Paul is indeed on the ballot in Montana, as the Constitution Party nominee. Governor Schweitzer, a Democrat, did not mention that Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are also on the Montana ballot.
On September 18, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer spoke at a voter registration rally in Bozeman, on the campus of Montana State University. He said, “Everyone, please vote. This is a marketplace of ideas, whether you vote for John McCain, or whether you vote for Ron Paul, or whether you vote for Barack Obama!”. Ron Paul is indeed on the ballot in Montana, as the Constitution Party nominee. Governor Schweitzer, a Democrat, did not mention that Ralph Nader and Bob Barr are also on the Montana ballot.
On September 20, Fox News ran this three-minute interview with Charles Jay, presidential candidate of the Boston Tea Party.
