On January 19, the Kansas Secretary of State announced that four candidates had filed for the Republican presidential primary, and also four had filed for the Democratic presidential primary. Candidates needed a $10,000 filing fee to get on the ballot.
Republicans are Ryan Binkley, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump.
Democrats are Joe Biden, Jason Palmer, Dean Phillips, and Marianne Williamson.
The primary is March 19.
Cenk Uygur will appear on the Connecticut Democratic presidential primary ballot, even though he was born in Turkey. The Connecticut law on presidential primary ballot access directs the Secretary of State to list candidates who are discussed in news media.
The other Democrats in Connecticut will be President Joe Biden, Dean Phillips, and Marianne Williamson.
Republicans on the Republican primary ballot will be Ryan Binkley, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Donald Trump. Candidates may withdraw as late as February 26, so probably DeSantis will withdraw, but he hasn’t yet. The primary is April 2.
This story says Boris Nadezhdin is trying to obtain at least 100,000 valid signatures to be able to run for President of Russia in March. He is an independent who opposes the military action aginst Ukraine. The petition deadline is january 31.
There are already four candidates on the ballot.
On January 22, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed HB 17, the bill that provides for party nominees in congressional elections, but which also makes ballot access for qualified minor parties impossible if they want to run congressional candidates. Also it makes it difficult for independent candidates to run. Thanks to Jim Riley for this news.
On January 22, Arizona State Senator Anthony Kern (R-Glendale) introduced SCR 1014, a proposed constitutional amendment. It would provide that voters no longer choose presidential electors in Arizona. Instead, the outgoing legislature would choose the presidential electors.
If the legislature passed this bill, then it would go on the ballot for voters to decide whether to put it in the State Constitution.
Senator Kern was in attendance at the January 6, 2021 event at the U.S. Capitol Building. He is running for Congress this year, so he won’t be running for re-election.
