On July 22, the Ohio Republican Party finally let it be known that it will nominate a candidate for Attorney General, in this November’s special election. He is D. Michael Crites. The Democrats already chose their nominee, State Treasurer Richard Cordray. The third name on the ballot is Robert Owens, state chair of the Constitution Party, who will not have any ballot label next to his name.
On July 22, the Ohio Republican Party finally let it be known that it will nominate a candidate for Attorney General, in this November’s special election. He is D. Michael Crites. The Democrats already chose their nominee, State Treasurer Richard Cordray. The third name on the ballot is Robert Owens, state chair of the Constitution Party, who will not have any ballot label next to his name.
On July 22, the ACLU sued the Alabama Secretary of State, and county elections officials, over their arbitrary decisions over which crimes are serious enough to cause disenfranchisement of ex-felons. The Alabama Constitution says persons convicted of “moral turpitude” may not be registered, but no one knows which crimes that term includes. The lawsuit also attacks a state policy that awards a “voting pardon” on completion of a sentence, but only permits this pardon if that person paid all pending fines and restitution orders. The case is Baker v Chapman, state court, Montgomery.
On July 21, the California Secretary of State recognized the American Independent Party state convention that was held in Sacramento, instead of the one that had been held a week earlier in Los Angeles. The Secretary of State’s Chief Counsel, Pam Giarrizzo, said that the Secretary of State made the decision based on the fact that Ed Noonan is listed in the records as the state chair. She said the office has no knowledge of who was at either convention, and of which convention had the larger attendance of state central committee members. She had no memory of how former Secretary of State March Fong Eu handled a somewhat similar situation differently, in 1988, for the Peace & Freedom Party. She said she might or might not look into the 1988 records, but said also that the decision is final.
Since the convention chaired by Ed Noonan chose presidential electors pledged to Alan Keyes, he will be the American Independent Party presidential nominee unless the other faction is able to sue successfully.
Ralph Nader has submitted 19,000 signatures in Massachusetts, to be on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate. 10,000 are required. Back in 2004, he only turned in about 14,000, and did not quite have enough valid.
