Today is November 4, 2007. The presidential election of November 4, 2008, is exactly a year away.
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On October 31, Amy Goodman, hostess of the “Democracy Now” radio show, interviewed Carl Mayer about the lawsuit Ralph Nader filed against the Democratic National Committee last month. Here is the transcript. Carl Mayer is one of the attorneys for the new lawsuit. The radio show tried to persuade someone from the Democratic National Committee to appear to give the party’s side, but was unsuccessful.
Nader filed a companion lawsuit in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on November 1. It is called Nader v McAuliffe, no. 07-cv-1101. Nader filed the federal lawsuit as a backup to his lawsuit in the District of Columbia, just in case there are jurisdiction problems with the D.C. filing. Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, lives in Virginia.
The bill in the Michigan legislature to abolish the 2008 presidential primary, HB 5353, was introduced 8 days ago, and so far it has not made any headway. If the bill were to pass, Michigan Democrats would try to schedule a presidential caucus for the same day as the New Hampshire presidential primary.
New Hampshire hasn’t set the date for its presidential primary, and will not do so, until Michigan’s actions are known. Now that filing has closed for the New Hampshire primary, it may be presumed that New Hampshire has already started printing the ballots. That job will probably be done by November 12. Federal law requires that absentee ballots be made available 30 days before election day itself.
On November 1, the Utah Libertarian Party submitted a petition to regain its place on the ballot. Assuming the petition is approved, Utah will then have 4 ballot-qualified parties. Already qualified are the Republican, Democratic and Constitution Parties. The Constitution Party had been the only minor party in Utah in 2006 that had polled enough votes to remain on without the need to re-petition.
Cynthia McKinney registered with the Federal Election Commission as a presidential candidate, back on October 22, 2007. The campaign address is in Atlanta, Georgia. Thanks to Steve Rossignol for this news. Although McKinney had passively let the California Green Party, and the California Peace & Freedom Party, list her on their presidential primary ballots, she has not yet made a public announcement that she is running for president.