On June 6, a NewsNation & Decision Desk HQ poll was released. It says almost half of voters would consider voting for someone other than the major party nominees for president in 2024, if those major party nominees are President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. It also shows that 60% of voters age 55 or younger would consider voting against both major party nominees.
On June 5, two more briefs were filed in Arizona Democratic Party v No Labels, the case in which the Democratic Party is suing to remove the No Labels Party from the Arizona ballot. Both briefs are on the side of No Labels.
Here is the No Labels brief.
Here is the Secretary of State’s brief. The Secretary of State is a Democrat, but nevertheless believes that No Labels should remain on the ballot.
According to this article, the Utah legislature, which is not in session, is likely to be called into special session, to change the calendar for special U.S. House elections.
On June 5, the U.S. Supreme Court asked New Jersey to respond to the pending cert petition Mazo v Way, 22-1033. This is the case that challenges the New Jersey law on ballot labels for primary candidates. New Jersey lets primary candidates put up to six words on the primary ballot, to give the voters a sense of the candidate’s identity or philosophy. But New Jersey limits the label, by saying if the label mentions a living person, that person must give consent; and if the label mentions a New Jersey corporation, that corporation must give its consent.
The fact that the U.S. Supreme Court wants a response from the state means the justices are at least somewhat interested in the case. The state response is due July 5. Probably the Court won’t decide whether to hear the case until late September, after the Court’s summer recess.
Cornel West, 70, announced today that he is seeking the nomination for President of the United States of the People’s Party, more formally known as Movement for a People’s Party, which is a Progressive minor party in the United States. Dr. West is an academic who has previously held faculty positions at several Ivy League universities. The People’s Party currently has ballot access only in Florida. Based on numbers in the June 1, 2023 edition of Ballot Access News, The People’s Party and the West Campaign (assuming he receives the party’s nomination) will need to obtain 674,072 valid signatures in 45 states and the District of Columbia, plus pay filing fees or become organized in four states, in order to appear on the November 2024 ballot in all 50 states and DC. Here is an in-depth interview and analysis from Chris Hedges:
HT to Eric Garris for drawing my attention to Mr. Hedges’ article.
