The Federal Election Commission has published a new edition of its publication, “Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees. See this announcement. Thanks to Eric Wong for the link.
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The Constitution Party national convention will choose a presidential nominee on Saturday, April 27, in Salt Lake City. There is a somewhat surprising lack of news in mainstream media about the upcoming convention. The party’s presidential nominee will probably be on the ballot in more states than Cornel West, and yet national polls often include West and never include any Constitution Party potential nominee. The two leading candidates for the party’s nomination appear to be Randall Terry (long-time activist against legal abortion) and Joel Skousen, part of a famous family.
The Sixth Circuit will hear Libertarian National Committee v Saliba, 23-1856, on Tuesday, June 11, at 1 p.m. This is the Michigan Libertarian Party intra-party dispute. The U.S. District Court had ruled that, whiole the case is pending, the Libertarian National Committee can use its trademark to choose sides.
The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) has a compilation of ballot access laws that affect presidential elections. It was revised recently. It shows the deadline for qualified parties to certify their presidential nominees in each state. The vast majority of such deadlines are in September.
However, a quick look at the NASS compilation reveals that it may not be entirely up-to-date. The entry for California says a new party needs registration of 1% of the last gubernatorial vote, and it must have it by 135 days before the primary. But in 2014, the law was changed, and now requires registration of .33% of the total number of registered voters. Also the deadline is in July, a much later deadline than the old law.
I only checked the NASS chart for three states, so there may be other bits of out-of-date information.
On Saturday, April 20, the House voted in favor of providing financial assistance to Ukraine. All Democrats voted for the bill. Republicans were split, but most Republicans (112) voted against the bill. The bill was H.R. 8035.
States in which independent voters were able to vote in 2022 Republican primaries elected 84 of the Republicans who voted “no.” States in which independents couldn’t vote in 2022 Republican primaries elected only 28 of the Republicans who voted “no.”