On June 22 or 23, Edee Baggett died. She was the head of National Ballot Access, a long-time paid petitioning firm. Her firm had helped minor party and independent candidates get on ballots in at least since 2008, and perhaps earlier. She was working on a drive in Maine when she died. Her death was a shock to those who knew her. Thanks to Christina Tobin for this news.
On June 20, the Democratic National Committee formally decided to choose its presidential and vice-presidential nominees with a virtual roll-call, in advance of the national convention. The committee still hasn’t announced the date of the virtual roll-call, but it will be later than July 21, because the credentials committee meets that day.
See this story, which erroneously claims that Ohio law requires the nomination to be made before the actual convention. Ohio changed its law on June 2.
Kelly Gallagher has this opinion piece in WestView News, criticizing the CNN debate rules. WestView News is an on-line newspaper in New York City.
This story describes the many states in which the Democratic Party is trying to keep Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., off the ballot.
Nevada held primaries for congress and state office on June 14, 2024. Three candidates appeared on the Democratic primary ballot for U.S. Senate. The incumbent, Jacky Rosen, was easily re-nominated. One of the three candidates was Mike Schaefer, who is an elected official in California. He is a member of the Board of Equalization, a partisan office in California.
Schaefer was elected to the California Board of Equalization in 2018 as a Democrat, and re-elected in 2022. He is term-limited so he can’t run for re-election in 2026. As to why he ran for U.S. Senate in Nevada this month, he enjoys running for office. He is 86 years old. No media in California seems to have reported on his Nevada run, but here is a news story from last month from Nevada which did note that he lives in California. Schaefer got 2.2% of the vote in the Nevada primary.
