ABC News announced that Ron Paul is suspending his presidential campaign.
He issued a video to his supporters.
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ABC News announced that Ron Paul is suspending his presidential campaign.
He issued a video to his supporters.
As of the evening of March 6, half the votes in the Texas Democratic caucuses still haven’t been counted. See this story. These caucuses elect 67 delegates. Thanks to Eric Garris.
Several days ago, Matt Gonzalez (Ralph Nader’s running mate this year) said he was switching his registration from “Green” to “independent” to avoid ballot access problems in Idaho, Oregon and Delaware. It turns out that Idaho would not have disqualified Gonzalez from appearing on the general election ballot as an independent, on the basis that he is a registered Green. Gonzalez had received misinformation about Idaho.
On March 6, South Dakota Supervisor of Elections Kea Warne ruled that any adult may circulate a petition to qualify a new party in South Dakota. In 2007, the legislature had passed a bill saying only South Dakota residents may circulate a petition for initiatives and only South Dakota residents may circulate a petition to place a candidate on a ballot. However, the new party petition is a separate animal, since it doesn’t name any particular candidate and is for the purpose of recognizing the party.
This ruling will help the Libertarian Party, which has been struggling with its petition in that state. The deadline is March 25. The petition requires 8,389 valid signatures. On March 6, Daniel Imperato made a donation of $2,000 toward the costs of the South Dakota Libertarian petition drive.