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California Prop. 62 Loses in 52 Out of 58 Counties

Posted on November 3, 2004 by adminNovember 3, 2004

California’s proposition 62, the “top two” method that put all candidates for congress and state office on the June primary ballot, and only permitted the top two vote-getters to be on the November ballot, only carried 6 counties (Butte, Nevada, Lassen, Kings, Imperial and Modoc). It lost in all the high-population counties, even though it had been endorsed by the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, the Sacramento-Fresno-Modesto Bees, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Some Ohio Officials Cross Out Third Party Candidate Lines

Posted on November 3, 2004 by adminNovember 3, 2004

In Madison County, Ohio, elections officials used a marking pen on all ballots to blacken out the Libertarian and Constitution Party candidates for president, who had qualified for the ballot in Ohio and whose names had been printed on all state ballots. When voters asked why, it became apparent that the county elections office had taken the order to blacken out Nader’s name, as a blanket order to blacken out the names of all the minor party presidential candidates, leaving only Kerry and Bush.

California Defeats, Washington Passes Anti-Third Party Measures

Posted on November 3, 2004 by adminNovember 3, 2004

With most of the votes counted in California and Washington state, it appears that California voters have defeated Proposition 62, but Washington state voters have passed I-872.

Both propositions would eliminate minor party members for congress and state office from appearing on November ballots.

Order of Presidential Candidates on the Ballot

Posted on November 1, 2004 by adminNovember 1, 2004

Below is the order of presidential candidates on the ballot in each state. States not named above either rotate names, or let each county choose their own ballot order. The states that let each county choose their own order are Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and New Jersey. However, the law in these four states mandates that the nominees of the qualified parties be listed first, and in those four states, only the Democratic and Republican Parties are qualified.

The states that rotate names are Alaska, California, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wyoming. The rotation states treat all candidates equally, for ballot order.

Abbreviations: K=Kerry; Bu=Bush; N=Nader; Ba=Badnarik; P=Peroutka; Co=Cobb; Br=Brown; Va=Van Auken; Ca=Calero; Am=Amondsen; Pa=Parker; Do=Dodge; Ha=Harris; An=Andress

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Large Newspapers Endorse a Few Minor Party Nominees (Updated)

Posted on November 1, 2004 by adminNovember 1, 2004

(Updated in bold below.)

At least 12 large newspapers have endorsed minor party nominees:

Libertarians receiving endorsements:

Jim Gray for US Senate in California, by the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
Don Bernau for US House, Wisconsin first district, by the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times.

Greens receiving endorsements:

Glenn L. Ross for Baltimore City Council, District 13, by the Baltimore Sun
Robert Kinsey Kinsey for U.S. Representative, District 4, Colorado,
by the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Thomas Sevigny for State Senator, District 8, Connecticut, by the Hartford Courant.
Elizabeth Trice for State Representative, District 116, Maine, by the Portland Press-Herald.
Julie Samuels for Illinois House, 8th District, by both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times (competing newspapers).
Daryl Northrup for US Senate in Iowa, by the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
Jan Hillegas for Hinds County, Mississippi Election Commissioner, by the Jackson Free Press.

Constitution Party candidates receiving an endorsement:

Jim Clymer, US Senate from Pennsylvania, by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
Mark Andrews, Nevada assembly, district 4, by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.