Cynthia McKinney now has the support of over 50% of the delegates to the Green Party national convention who have been chosen so far. Although not all state Green Parties have chosen their delegates, most of them have, so it is very likely that she will obtain the nomination. The national convention is July 10-13 in Chicago. This post originally said she had clinched the nomination, but that was not accurate.
Here is the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s article about the results of the presidential and vice-presidential balloting at the Libertarian national convention. Normally, a minor party presidential nominating convention gets decent coverage in the newspapers of the host city for that convention, but very little coverage in other newspapers. The recent Libertarian convention is somewhat different, with better coverage in the Atlanta newspapers than in the Denver newspapers.
Here is an article about the press statement of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, responding to threats against the League by the current Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Last week the League had filed a federal lawsuit, charging the Pennsylvania Supreme Court with bargaining with the Pennsylvania legislature over lawsuit outcomes and the pay raise bill for judges. In return, the current Chief Justice had threatened that the League might be subjecting itself to sanctions. The League’s press release charges the Chief Justice with violating the right of citizens to petition their government.
The Pennsylvania League of Women Voters has consistently invited all ballot-qualified candidates for statewide office into candidate debates that it sponsors. It is one of the most friendly state Leagues, relative to minor parties and independent candidates.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has continued to support a system in which minor party and independent candidates who try to get on the ballot, and then fail to submit enough valid signatures, must pay tens of thousands of dollars to pay for the cumbersome judicial process that removes them from the ballot.
The second-ballot vote was
Root: 289
Kubby: 255
Williams: 14
NOTA: 6
Root 276
Kubby 209
Williams 40
Burns 20
Lightfoot 14
Schwartz 1
Bob Barr had endorsed Root for VP. It will go to a second ballot.
