On November 1, the Florida presidential primary ballot candidates’ list was released. The list is the same as the Georgia list. The method of choosing candidates in both states is the same; the list is drawn up by the legislative leaders of that major party and the party state chair.

The 8 Democrats are Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama and Richardson. The 9 Republicans are Giuliani, Huckabee, Hunter, Keyes, McCain, Paul, Romney, Tancredo and Thompson.

Alan Keyes is now in a strong position to be in future Republican presidential debates, since he has been listed in both Florida and Georgia by party leaders.

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.

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.