Comments on: Changes in Qualified Status for Minor Parties

By: Deemer from California

Deemer from California — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:55:26 +0000

Richard, with this 10 year automatic rule when does or
did the Natural Law Party be disqualified in Hawaii?

By: Phil Huckelberry

Phil Huckelberry — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:56:22 +0000

Richard, do you have the relevant statute for Hawai’i? We were apparently under the wrong impression all along.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:33:01 +0000

No, the Green Party is not on in Hawaii. It is necessary for a party to qualify 3 elections in a row, before getting its 10 years of automatic status. Greens petitioned in Hawaii in 2008, but didn’t meet the vote test, so now Greens must petition again for 2010 and 2012 (or else meet the vote test in 2010 and 2012).

By: Tom Yager

Tom Yager — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:37:51 +0000

Richard,

The Green Party regained ballot status in Hawaii earlier this year. I think that we’re on until until 2018.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:30:02 +0000

thanks to poster #6; I fixed the blog entry.

By: Maryland Green

Maryland Green — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:15:07 +0000

The Green loss of Maryland is also somewhat misleading. The Maryland Green Party successfully petitioned for ballot access in 2006 – it retains that access through the 2010 election.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:22:22 +0000

In Nevada, the Libertarian Party retained its spot on the ballot with the vote for Nathan Santucci, who needed to poll a number of votes greater than 1% of the statewide total cast for the 3 US House seats. Santucci polled about 15,000 votes even though he was only running for a State Assembly seat. He had been endorsed by a Las Vegas daily newspaper and got 22.3% in a 3-person race, although the third candidate was an Independent American Party nominee; no Republican was running.

By: John Schultz

John Schultz — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:56:36 +0000

Unfortunately the MO LP did not have a candidate for Attorney General, the only statewide race with no third-party candidate, while the Constitution Party had the only third-party candidate in the state treasurer’s race and were able to hit 2% there. The MO LP candidates for U.S. Senate and state auditor both exceeded 2% in 2006, but the Constitution Party did not run candidates for some reason that year. The Progressive Party did, garnering about a percentage point each.

By: Laine

Laine — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:49:24 +0000

So did the Greens have 15 states with ballot access after the 04 election as well?

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:45:06 +0000

The Missouri Libertarians are still ballot-qualified because they polled over 2% in 2006. In Missouri, when a party polls 2% in a statewide race, that is good for two elections, so the Libertarian Party is still on. But it will need to poll 2% for Auditor or US Senate in 2010.