On January 13, Taiwan held a presidential election. See the wikipedia article, which shows that three candidates were on the ballot and the winner, Lai Ching-te, won with 40%. One of his opponents received 33% and one received 26%. There is no provision for a run-off.
On January 2, an individual broke into the Colorado state courts building, which houses the Colorado Supreme Court. He did $35,000,000 worth of damage. See this story. The story quotes the Chief Justice as saying he doubts the attack is related to the December 19, 2023, decision in Anderson v Griswold, the Trump ballot access case.
On January 9, the Russian elections office put Nikolai Kharitonov on the ballot as the Communist candidate for president. See this story. This means there will be four candidates on the ballot.
On December 12, U.S. District Court Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee, refused to disturb the decision of the Florida Democratic Party that only President Joe Biden may run in the party’s presidential primary. Steinberg v Democratic Party of Florida.
Here is the 10-age order. It says that the plaintiff, a Florida Democratic voter, does not have standing, and also that the Democratic Party of Florida is not a state actor. It also suggests he should have sued all 67 county election officials.
Steinberg says he will appeal.
On January 12, the Arizona Secretary of State corrected misinformation that had been appearing on his website. The website had been saying that an independent candidate needs a petition of 3% of the number of registered voters as of January 2024, which would be approximately 135,000 signatures. That has now been deleted.
The statute says the requirement is 3% of the number of people who are registered to vote but who are not members of a qualified party, which is about 45,000 signatures.
The misinformation caused confusion. For example, ,here is an NBC News story that erroneously said the number of signatures is approximately 128,000. Thanks to Rick Lass for the news about the correction.
