Alan Keyes Faction of the American Independent Party of California

Posted on by July 7, 2008
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The faction of the American Independent Party lead by Ed Noonan held a state convention in Sacramento on July 5. According to one person who was there, 19 people attended, including one or two people who did not support the legitimacy of that meeting. The July 5 meeting nominated Alan Keyes for president and Wiley Drake for vice-president. It is not known if Drake attended the meeting or if he will accept the nomination. He is pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, California, and he had also attended a campaign event for Chuck Baldwin, held in southern California, the preceding week.

The faction loyal to the national Constitution Party had held a state convention in Los Angeles on June 28-29, with 35 members of the state central committee in attendance, and a total attendance of 55.

Zogby Presidential Poll of July 6

Posted on by July 7, 2008
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Zogby Polls released these results on July 6: Obama 44%, McCain 38%, Barr 6%, other and undecided 12%.

Recent Rasmussen Polls only list Obama and McCain, but the latest Rasmussen Poll showed a 5% lead for Obama over McCain. It is unfortunate that the presidential polls don’t list all 6 candidates who will be on the ballot in states containing a majority of electoral votes.

The last poll that seems to have asked voters to choose from four candidates was this CNN poll, released July 2. It shows Nader at 6% and Barr at 3%.

Intra-Party Disputes and This Blog

Posted on by July 6, 2008
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U.S. political parties, especially smaller parties, seem prone to fierce intra-party disputes. Ballot Access News is fundamentally a blog about election law as it relates to minor parties and independent candidates. BAN also carries news about the activities of minor parties and independent presidential candidates, especially news related to their attempts to get on ballots. Readers of blogs about this subject are, of course, also interested in intra-party disputes. Sometimes a blog item at this cite is a venue for people on both sides of an intra-party dispute to use the comments section to get their viewpoint across. That is fine. Unfortunately, some of the comments on the Reform Party posting of June 23 became so heated, allegations were made by some posters, that other posters had committed libel. Therefore, the June 23 blog entry about the Reform Party has been deleted. If people wish to make new comments about the internal disputes in the Reform Party, attached to this blog item, they are welcome, but please moderate any comments you make to be respectful of all individuals. UPDATE: no individual asked me to delete the original post and all the comments. Instead, one individual asked me to delete two particular comments. The idea to delete the entire original post and all the comments was mine alone.

Green Congressional Candidate Dies Unexpectedly

Posted on by July 6, 2008
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On the night of July 4-5, Vic Roberts died unexpectedly in his sleep. He had been nominated in the Illinois Green Party primary in February this year, to run for U.S. House in the 19th district. He was age 75 and had long been active in the United Mine Workers Union.

Under Illinois election law, the party may replace him, but must do so within 8 days of his death. No one knows whether he died on July 4 or July 5. The Illinois Green Party is hosting the national convention in Chicago July 10-13 and may be hard-pressed to find a replacement candidate and handle the paperwork. A paperwork error earlier this year resulted in the removal of 4 Green congressional nominees in Illinois.