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2008 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT (updated October 7, 2008)
TOTAL STATES ON THE BALLOT
Libertarian Party	Green Party	Constitution Party	Nader (Indep.)
45	32	37	46
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Ohio Secretary of State Releases Presidential Recount Data

January 5th, 2005

Today, the Ohio Secretary of State finally released totals for the presidential recount. Bush gained 1,037 votes; Kerry gained 1,213 votes; Peroutka gained 33 votes; and Badnarik lost 19 votes, according to the Secretary of State.

The Ohio Secretary of State’s webpage labels Badnarik and Peroutka (the only non-major party presidential candidates to appear on the ballot) as “non-partisan” candidates, even though both of them appeared on the ballot as “other-party nominee.” Ohio election law requires the label “other-party nominee” for those candidates who choose it, if they use the independent petition procedure. Nothing in the Ohio law authorizes the Secretary of State to label such candidates “non-partisan,” as he has done on his web page. Complaints to his office about the label have gone unreturned.

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Nader Files Third Ballot Access Case with US Supreme Court

January 5th, 2005

Yesterday, Ralph Nader asked the US Supreme Court to hear his Texas ballot access case. His Pennsylvania ballot access and Oregon ballot access case are already pending before that court. The issues in Texas are whether it is constitutional for a state to require more signatures, and an earlier deadline, for independent presidential candidates than for new parties.

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Essays by Richard Winger:

What Are Ballots For? (1988)
Ballot Access: A Formidable Barrier To Fair Participation (1993)
The Importance of Ballot Access (1994)
Ballot Access Developments in 1994: Forward Steps Outweigh Slips (1995)
Would We Be Better Off With A Third Political Party? (1996?)

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Politics, Soviet-style by S. Philip Gordon, regarding recent ballot access issues in Georgia – the US state, not the Russian territority!

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Presidential Vote Totals 2000.
What would happen if we apportioned electoral college votes in the 2000 election?
Ballot Access 2000 'Breaking News' for short updates that came in too late for the printed version of the newsletter.
Links to State Government websites (and another version of the same page with pretty graphics which loads a lot more slowly).

Other information:

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Here are some other sites which may also be of interest:
Project Vote-Smart

Project Vote Smart is a citizens' organization dedicated to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making. It was inaugerated in 1992 by former US Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and other leaders. Its webpage offers information about all ballot-listed candidates for all federal and state office.
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The ACE Project

An interesting site concerning itself with the "Administration and Cost of Elections", including issues of fairness and regulatory approaches in various countries. They seem to be almost blind to the ways that third parties in the USA are harmed by campaign finance rules crafted for the problems characteristic of the larger parties, or the ways that third parties would be disenfranchised by various proposed rules, but this is nevertheless a useful resource, particularly for the international comparisons it makes.
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"Unofficial" B.A.N. Page

At first, it looks like there's not much here. But then you follow the "Charts" link, and click on one of the listed candidates, and you'll get some truly wonderful nationwide maps of voting patterns.
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ThirdPartyNews.net

A site that covers news about minor parties.
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Third Party Central

Collects lots of good information and links relating to various third parties into one convenient location. Nice set of writings on why one should vote third-party.
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Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections

A surprisingly complete listing of votes cast in Presidential elections, including numerous third-party candidates and nice maps of vote distribution by state and (on the individual state pages) by county.
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D.C.'s Political Report

Very good presentation of candidate and party information, including virtually every known third-party group in the USA. Election results, candidate information, etc.
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Initiative For Texas

A group trying to establish the right to Initiative and Referendum in Texas. Their work has intriguing parallels and overlaps with ballot access work. Every page at the site seems to have some music on it, which can get annoying after awhile, but otherwise it's an interesting site.
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Center for Voting and Democracy

Folks concerned with alternative voting systems, and related issues, from a moderately leftist perspective. Useful articles describing how better systems of voting and electing actually work.
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