California has four ballot-qualified minor parties: American Independent (Constitution); Green; Libertarian; Peace & Freedom. All four of them traditionally hold their own presidential primaries. Each party state chair is empowered to tell the Secretary of State which names to list in that party’s presidential primary. This year, the state chairs must submit the list no later than October 8, 2007, earlier than it has ever been.
California has four ballot-qualified minor parties: American Independent (Constitution); Green; Libertarian; Peace & Freedom. All four of them traditionally hold their own presidential primaries. Each party state chair is empowered to tell the Secretary of State which names to list in that party’s presidential primary. This year, the state chairs must submit the list no later than October 8, 2007, earlier than it has ever been.
John Hagelin, presidential candidate of the Natural Law Party in 1992, 1996 and 2000, has announced that he is creating a new university, Maharishi Central University. Here is the webpage. The school will be in Kansas.
On August 21, Arizona moved its presidential primary from February 26 to February 5. Arizona election law gives the Governor authority to set the date, and Governor Janet Napolitano signed a proclamation to make that change.
California businessman Tom Steyer, a Democrat, has filed paperwork to launch an initiative campaign to place the National Popular Vote Plan before California voters. That proposal, if it qualifies, would compete with the Republican plan to elect one elector from each U.S. House district. See here for more about the Steyer plan.
