The New Hampshire Secretary of State has released a list of candidates for federal and state office in the November 2024 election. Here is a link to the candidates who qualified by petition. The only two presidential candidates who petitioned successfully are Chase Oliver and Jill Stein. The Libertarian Party also has a gubernatorial nominee. If he gets 4%, the Libertarian Party will become ballot-qualified. Thanks to Darryl Perry for the link.
The New York Times reports that an exhaustive study of election results in 2022 finds almost half of all partisan races only had one candidate on the ballot. See the article here.
On September 3, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sued the Wisconsin Election Commission to remove his name from the ballot. The lawsuit argues that independent candidates are denied equal treatment, because party nominees have flexibility to withdraw as late as September, whereas independent candidates cannot withdraw after the August 6 filing deadline. The case is in state court in Dane County.
Eric Hafner, one of the four candidates who will be on the ballot for the Alaska U.S. House race, is currently living in a prison in another state. See this story.
On September 3, the Michigan Court of Claims rejected an attempt by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to remove himself from the ballot. He is listed as the Natural Law Party nominee in Michigan. Kennedy had filed the case on August 30.
Here is the opinion in Kennedy v Benson, 24-000138-MB. Thanks to John Smith for the link.
