Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On August 13, the Peace & Freedom Party of California (P&FP) nominated Gloria LaRiva for President. In P&FP’s 48 years of existence, this is the first time it has nominated the Presidential nominee of a Party with “socialist” or “socialism” in its name. LaRiva is also the Presidential nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
The vote was: La Riva 58, Monica Moorehead 12, Jill Stein 9, Lynn Kahn 1.
P&FP nominated Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader, as La Riva’s running mate.
LaRiva could poll at least 50,000 votes in the Nation for President. Assuming she does, she will be the first Presidential candidate of a Party with “socialist” or “socialism” in its name to exceed 50,000 votes Nationally since the Socialist Workers Party 1976 Campaign, when its nominee, Peter Camejo, polled 91,314 votes.
Also on August 13, the American Independent Party (AIP) held its State Convention in Sacramento, and nominated Donald Trump for President and Michael Pence for Vice-President. The California Election Code, section 13105(c), permits two qualified parties to jointly nominate the same Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. The November ballot will list Trump and Pence, followed by “Republican, American Independent.”
The two parties will each nominate the same set of Presidential Elector candidates. California has 55 Electoral votes. Probably the Republican Party will choose 50 and the AIP will choose five, and then both parties will submit the same list of Presidential Elector candidates. This will be the first time since 1940 that two parties in California jointly nominated the same Presidential candidate. Voters who are voting for Trump can’t choose which Party label to support.
Trump already said he wanted the AIP nomination.
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