A poll commissioned by one of Las Vegas’ daily newspapers, the Review Journal, for Governor of Nevada, shows these results:
Republican 45%; Democratic 36%; Constitution 5%; None of the Above (which is printed on Nevada ballots for statewide office) 3%; Green 1%; undecided 10%.
The Green Party needs to poll 1% to regain its party status in Nevada. It has no other statewide nominees. There is no Libertarian in the governor’s race.
Joe Cobb was a write-in candidate in the Libertarian Party primary for US House, in Arizona’s 7th district, on September 12. No names appeared on that primary ballot for that office. Under the law, Cobb needed write-ins equal to one-half of 1% of the number of registered Libertarians in that district, to be nominated. That requirement works out to eleven write-ins. The primary results were released on September 25, and he is credited with only ten write-ins in the entire district (which includes several counties).
However, he, his girlfriend, and a close friend all voted for him in the same precinct in Maricopa County, and Maricopa County says he only got one write-in in the entire county. Cobb is working to persuade the county to re-examine the Libertarian ballots in his precinct.
UPDATE: As the candidate himself commented, the problem has been solved; Maricopa County found two more ballots.
Three statewide minor party or independent petitions that seem to lack the required 15,000 signatures were submitted in New York this year. The petitions of the Right to Life and Voice of People groups have already been rejected. The New York State Board of Elections will meet at noon on September 26 to weigh other petitions, including one statewide petition filed by the “Rent is Too Damn High” group.
The challenge process for the Pennsylvania Green Party statewide petition is finally over. The tally is 58,139 valid signatures. This is more valid signatures than any other minor party or independent candidate collected anywhere in the U.S. this year, except that in Texas, the two independent gubernatorial candidates collected more.
Now the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide how many signatures were required this year, 67,070 or 15,494.
On September 11, a lower state court in Nebraska ruled that if a party holds a primary for a particular office and no one runs in it, later that same party can nominate someone by convention. The Democratic Party won this case, and was able to nominate a candidate for State Auditor by convention held after the primary (no one had run for that office in the Democratic primary in May). State ex rel Witek v Gale, Lancaster Co. Dist. Court. The precedent will help other parties in Nebraska in the future.
