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2008
PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
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September 26, 2008)
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TOTAL
STATES ON THE BALLOT
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Libertarian
Party
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Green
Party
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Constitution
Party
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Nader
(Indep.)
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45
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32
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37
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46
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October 29th, 2007
The California Peace & Freedom presidential primary ballot will include Cynthia McKinney. She is also appearing on the California Green Party presidential primary. That makes two individuals who are running in two simultaneous presidential primaries in the same state; the other is Ralph Nader, also in those same two California parties. It is believed that McKinney and Nader are the first two individuals in history to have their names on the ballot for president in two political party presidential primaries (in the same state) simultaneously.
The final list of which candidates are appearing on each California party’s presidential primary will be set on November 7.
October 29th, 2007
A state court in Michigan has set a hearing date of November 7, at 10 a.m., in Grebner v State. This is the lawsuit over whether the state may give the list of people who choose a Republican presidential primary ballot to the Republican Party, but otherwise keep the list a secret (and to do likewise for the Democrats). The case is in Ingham County Circuit Court, no. 07-1507-cz.
Meanwhile, a bill to cancel the Michigan 2008 presidential primary is pending in the House Oversight and Investigation Committee, but no hearing has been scheduled. That bill is HB 5353.
October 29th, 2007
On October 26, the Arizona Secretary of State and Attorney General’s offices let it be known that the state will not appeal the Libertarian Party primary election decision. That decision, handed down in U.S. District Court on September 25, had said that parties are free to exclude independents from voting in their primaries.
October 28th, 2007
On October 28, the Iowa Democratic Party set its caucus date: January 3. It is now likely that New Hampshire will set its presidential primary at a later date within the first half of January. Thanks to Tony Roza for this news.
October 28th, 2007
Wayne Allyn Root, a contender for the Libertarian presidential nomination, spoke at the Conservative Leadership Conference in Sparks, Nevada, on October 12. Approximately 500 people attended the conference. The only other presidential candidates who spoke there were Mitt Romney, Duncan Hunter, and Alan Keyes. Root has posted his 35-minute speech at his web site, http://root4america.com. He suggests that if one doesn’t wish to watch the entire speech, the last segment is his best (one may choose to watch parts 1,2,3,4 or 5). Thanks to ThirdPartyWatch.
October 28th, 2007
Alexander Keyssar has written this op-ed in the Los Angeles Times of October 28. It is titled “Dump Winner-Take-All” and analyzes the proposed California Republican initiative to elect one presidential elector from each U.S. House district. Keyssar has written “The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the U.S.”, and is considered the primary expert among historians on the history of voting rights. He is at Harvard. Of course, he argues that if the Republican Party thinks electing one elector from each U.S. House district is good policy, that the national party should be working for this nationwide, not just in states in which the Republican Party would benefit.
October 28th, 2007
George F. Will has written a very scholarly, yet entertaining, column on the bills in Congress to regulate the dates of presidential primaries. See it here, courtesy of Newsweek. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s Electionlawblog for this.
October 27th, 2007
The Florida Democratic Party is holding a state convention. On October 27, Mike Gravel became the only person seeking the Democratic presidential nomination who spoke at the Florida meeting. The other contenders stayed away because the Democratic National Committee asked all Democrats running for president not to campaign in Michigan and Florida until after February 5, 2008. All the other Democratic presidential candidates complied. Florida Democratic State Senate Leader Steve Geller thereupon withdrew his previous endorsement of John Edwards, and endorsed Gravel.
October 27th, 2007
Colorado’s Secretary of State has revised the voter registration form. Colorado had been one of the few states that has registration by party, but which didn’t list the qualified parties. Instead, the person filing out the form had to write-in the party of his or her choice.
The new form, instead, lists the five qualified parties (Republican, Democratic, American Constitution, Green and Libertarian) and gives a checkbox for each. It also has a blank line for voters who want to register into an unqualified party.
October 27th, 2007
The U.S. District Court in Idaho has set oral arguments for Beck v Ysursa, the lawsuit filed by 72 Idaho Republican Party officers, legislators and activists to let the Idaho Republican Party close its primary. The hearing is on November 15. Thanks to Steve Rankin for this news. The state will try to get the lawsuit thrown out, since the Idaho Republican Party itself is not a co-plaintiff.
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2003:
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2002:
- December
2002 Issue
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- November
2002 Issue
(V:18– N:7)
- October
1, 2002 Issue (V:18 – N:6)
- September
1, 2002 Issue
(V:18 – N:5)
- August
1, 2002 issue (V:18 – N:4)
- July
1, 2002 issue (V:18 – N:3)
- June
1, 2002 issue (V:18 – N:2)
- May
1, 2002 issue (V:18 – N:1)
- April
1, 2002 issue (V:17 – N:13)
- March
1, 2002 issue (V:17 – N:12)
- February
1, 2002 issue (V:17 – N:11)
- January
1, 2002 issue (V:17 – N:10)
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2001:
- December
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:9)
- November
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:8)
- October
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:7)
- September
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:6)
- August
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:5)
- July
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:4)
- June
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:3)
- May
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:2)
- April
1, 2001 issue (V:17 – N:1)
- March
1, 2001 issue (V:16 – N:12)
- February
1, 2001 issue (V:16 – N:11)
- January
1, 2001 issue (V:16 – N:10)
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2000:
- December
5, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:9)
- November
16, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:8)
- October
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:7)
- September
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:6)
- August
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:5)
- July
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:4)
- June
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:3)
- May
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:2)
- April
1, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:1)
- March
1, 2000 issue (V:15 – N:12)
- February
1, 2000 issue (V:15 – N:11)
- January
1, 2000 issue (V:15 – N:10)
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1999:
- December
1, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:9)
- November
1, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:8)
- October
1, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:7)
- September
1, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:6)
- August
3, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:5)
- July
3, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:4)
- June
1, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:3)
- May
3, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:2)
- April
3, 1999 issue (V:15 – N:1)
- March
6, 1999 issue (V:14 – N:12)
- February
6, 1999 issue (V:14 – N:11)
- January
6, 1999 issue (V:14 – N:10)
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1998:
- December
8, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:9)
- November
8, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:8)
- October
4, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:7)
- September
4, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:6)
- August
3, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:5)
- July
3, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:4)
- June
3, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:3)
- May
7, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:2)
- April
5, 1998 issue (V:14 – N:1)
- March
8, 1998 issue (V:13 – N:12)
- February
8, 1998 issue (V:13 – N:11)
- January
5, 1998 issue (V:13 – N:10)
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1997:
- December
5, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:9)
- November
1, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:8)
- October
6, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:7)
- September
6, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:6)
- August
4, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:5)
- July
2, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:4)
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changed to a 12 issue per year schedule.
- June
2, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:3)
- May
5, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:2)
- April
7, 1997 issue (V:13 – N:1)
- March
10, 1997 issue (V:12 – N:13)
- February
10, 1997 issue (V:12 – N:12)
- January
12, 1997 issue (V:12 – N:11)
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1996:
- December
12, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:10)
- November
12, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:9)
- October
12, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:8)
- September
9, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:7)
- August
12, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:6)
- July
20, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:5)
- June
26, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:4)
- May
28, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:3)
- May
3, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:2)
- April
3, 1996 issue (V:12 – N:1)
- March
6, 1996 issue (V:11 – N:13)
- February
7, 1996 issue (V:11 – N:12)
- January
14, 1996 issue (V:11 – N:11)
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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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- Here's information
on Presidential Ballot Access as well as the
vote totals of recent Presidential elections.
- Here are some other
sites which may also be of interest:
Project
Vote-Smart
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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.
[Added:040729]
- 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
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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.
[Checked:991014]
- ThirdPartyNews.net
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A site that
covers news about minor parties.
[Checked:060414]
- Third
Party Central
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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.
[Checked:991014]
- Atlas
of U.S. Presidential Elections
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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.
[New-URL:010309]
- D.C.'s
Political Report
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Very good
presentation of candidate and party information, including virtually
every known third-party group in the USA. Election results, candidate
information, etc.
[Updated:991214]
- Initiative
For Texas
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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.
[Checked:991014]
- Center
for Voting and Democracy
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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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