New Jersey Election Officials Will Allow Voters to Register into Socialist Party and Will Keep a Tally

19 March 2014

By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News 

"On March 19, New Jersey election officials agreed that they will grant voter registration rights to the Socialist Party. This means that when anyone fills in the 'political party' blank on voter registration forms, the state will keep a tally of these voters, and then party officers will be able to learn of the existence of such voters.

Other unqualified parties that are treated this way are the Conservative, Constitution, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Reform Parties. Each of these parties obtained that status by suing the state, just as the Socialist Party did last year...."

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Tentative California List of Candidates for State Office Shows Very Few Minor Party and Independent Candidates for Legislature

7 March 2014

By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News 

"The California Secretary of State has a tentative list of candidates for state office.... The list shows no independent or minor party candidates for State Senate, except for Green Party member Jack Lindblad. For Assembly, there are four candidates who are not registered members of any qualified party, and one minor party candidate, Pamela Elizondo of the Green Party. One of the no-party candidates for the legislature is Emidio (Mimi) Soltysik. He is registered “Socialist”, but he will not have that label on the ballot because California law does not permit the names of unqualified parties to be on the ballot...."

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