Category Archives: Presidential Campaign

Boone County voters face a number of important decisions on election day, November 8, not just for national elections, but for state and local offices, from commission/councils to Soil and Water Conservation supervisors to boards of education. The choices vary from precinct to district so while we provide a sample county ballot here, voters should […]

On October 4, Alabama filed this brief in U.S. District Court in De La Fuente v Merrill, m.d., 2:16cv-755. The state says that Alabama’s petition requirement for independent presidential candidates is an “extremely low bar”, and says Alabama provides “easy access” to the presidential ballot. Actually, in November 2016, only four states have fewer presidential […]

On September 30, U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady, a Bush Jr. appointee, issued an eight-page order in De La Fuente v Alcorn, e.d., 1:16cv-1201, a Virginia lawsuit. The order refuses to put De La Fuente on the Virginia ballot because the ballots have already been printed. But it suggests that the lawsuit has merit, […]

The American Delta Party is now a ballot-qualified party in Delaware, but it attained this status too late to place nominees on the November 2016 ballot. A party is qualified in Delaware if it has at least 654 registered members. The American Delta Party has 854, so probably it will have nominees on the 2018 […]

On late Friday, September 30, U.S. District Court Judge William Watkins refused to order the Alabama Secretary of State to put Rocky De La Fuente on the ballot as an independent presidential candidate. The state had earlier checked his petition and found it valid, and had told him he was on the ballot. But then […]

The Grayson County ballot for the Tuesday, Nov. 8 General Election has been released. The ballot will include the following races and candidates: President and Vice President of the United States Republican: Donald Trump and Michael Pence Democrat: Hillary Clinton and Timothy Kaine Libertarian: Gary Johnson and Bill Weld American Delta Party: Roque “Rocky” De […]

Hillary Clinton has regained ground she lost to Donald Trump. New polls out this week show the Democratic presidential nominee to be leading the Republican nominee in key swing states following a strong performance Monday night in the first presidential debate. Four polls released Friday show Clinton ahead in Florida, Michigan, Nevada, and New Hampshire […]

First and foremost, I’m not advocating the whole notion of voters taking a powder on choosing between the Democratic presidential ticket of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine or the Republican ticket of Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence and “parking” their votes with a third party or independent. The Electoral College renders the notion of […]

Q: How is the order of candidates determined on Wisconsin ballots? A: Absentee voters have received their ballots in the mail, showing the order of presidential nominees. Voters will see the nominee with their vice presidential selection in this order: Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton, Darrell L. Castle, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Monica Moorehead and […]

The first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will take place on Monday, September 26, at Hofstra University in the suburban community of Hempstead, New York. Two third party candidates, Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party, were seeking to be included in the main event. There is […]