Zogby Polls released these results on July 6: Obama 44%, McCain 38%, Barr 6%, other and undecided 12%.

Recent Rasmussen Polls only list Obama and McCain, but the latest Rasmussen Poll showed a 5% lead for Obama over McCain. It is unfortunate that the presidential polls don’t list all 6 candidates who will be on the ballot in states containing a majority of electoral votes.

The last poll that seems to have asked voters to choose from four candidates was this CNN poll, released July 2. It shows Nader at 6% and Barr at 3%.

U.S. political parties, especially smaller parties, seem prone to fierce intra-party disputes. Ballot Access News is fundamentally a blog about election law as it relates to minor parties and independent candidates. BAN also carries news about the activities of minor parties and independent presidential candidates, especially news related to their attempts to get on ballots. Readers of blogs about this subject are, of course, also interested in intra-party disputes. Sometimes a blog item at this cite is a venue for people on both sides of an intra-party dispute to use the comments section to get their viewpoint across. That is fine. Unfortunately, some of the comments on the Reform Party posting of June 23 became so heated, allegations were made by some posters, that other posters had committed libel. Therefore, the June 23 blog entry about the Reform Party has been deleted. If people wish to make new comments about the internal disputes in the Reform Party, attached to this blog item, they are welcome, but please moderate any comments you make to be respectful of all individuals. UPDATE: no individual asked me to delete the original post and all the comments. Instead, one individual asked me to delete two particular comments. The idea to delete the entire original post and all the comments was mine alone.

The Freedom Socialist Party has never run a presidential candidate, nor even a candidate for statewide office, in any state. Instead, it has limited its electoral campaigns to state legislative races, and races for local office, in Washington, Oregon, California, and New York.

This year, however, the Freedom Socialist Party is actively helping the Socialist Party place Brian Moore on the Washington ballot. Moore is the Socialist Party’s presidential nominee. This will probably guarantee Moore a spot on the ballot in Washington. The Socialist Party last placed a presidential nominee on the Washington ballot in 2000, when only 200 supporters were needed. The requirement since 2004 has been 1,000 supporters.