The Socialist Party nominated Brian Moore of Florida for president, and Stewart Alexander of California for vice-president, at the St. Louis convention. The final presidential vote was 25 for Moore and 20 for Eric Chester of Massachusetts. Inasmuch as Alexander is also a member of the Peace & Freedom Party, this may be the best opportunity the Socialist Party ticket has ever had to also win the Peace & Freedom nomination. The Socialist Party has tried many times in the past to have its presidential candidate also be nominated by the Peace & Freedom Party, but that goal has always eluded it.

Brian Moore’s pre-nomination campaign website has been www.votebrianmoore.com. It has not yet been updated to show that he is the nominee.

On October 19, 2007, the New Jersey Conservative, Green and Libertarian Parties won the lawsuit that had been filed on October 13, 2006. New Jersey officials decided that the case is so strong, they wouldn’t contest the lawsuit. Therefore, the judge didn’t need to make a decision; the state simply signed an agreement to change its policies. The case is Green Party of New Jersey et al v State, Mercer Co. Superior Court, c-125-06. The New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center and the law firm Emery Celli Cuti Brinckerhoff deserve thanks for representing the parties pro bono. The parties are holding a press conference on Monday, October 22, at the State Capitol, which will contain more details.

The lawsuit results are: (1) the state will let voters register as members of the Conservative Party (the Greens and Libertarians already had that ability); (2) the state will let voters give as much money to any of the three unqualified parties as it lets people give to the Democratic and Republican Parties; (3) the state will let the three unqualified parties give as much money to their nominees as the Democratic and Republican Parties may now give; (4) the three unqualified parties will be exempt from lobbying fees, just as the Democrats and Republicans are exempt; (5) petitions to get the nominees of unqualified parties, and independent nominees, on the ballot will no longer say that the signer intends to vote for those nominees; (6) all petitions for district and local office can now be circulated by any adult resident of New Jersey; the circulator need not live in any particular district or locality.