by Brian Irving
Raleigh (NC) Libertarian Examiner
Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode submitted 541 signatures to the state Board of Elections yesterday, qualifying him as write-in candidate in North Carolina.
Goode, 66, of Richmond, Virgina, served 16 years in Congress as a Democrat, Republican and independent. He said he petitioned to be certified as a write-in because “North Carolina’s harsh ballot access laws made it nearly impossible to get my name on the ballot.”
“If you want to really make a difference this year to really impact the executive branch, if you want a balance budget now, you’ll vote for Virgil Goode for president,” he said. “If you want to secure our borders now by ending illegal immigration and reducing legal immigration, I’m you’re only candidate.”
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I saw it, but it provides no sources or numbers. Just speculation.
Anyone see the AP article, “Obama keeps eye on Goode?” [August 1st]…. Pretty interesting…
wait, wait, wait, political cub scouts!
This concerns the PRESIDENTIAL elections. In addition to the GD non presidential ballot other considerations are folded in.
For example, a list of volunteer electors equal to the electoral votes in / of that state.
[Don’t feel too clueless. Uncle Ralph Nader’s summer campers missed it in California in 2004!]
It is so asinine that these states make the candidates go through the trouble of being an “official write-in” instead of just putting them on the GD ballot!
@8 nothing new as far as I know, if anyone knows please let me know.
Virgil Goode will be an official write-in candidate in West Virginia as well. He has communicated with the state Constitution Party here that he has filed the necessary paperwork and is in possession of a verification letter from David Nichols of the WV Secretary of State’s Elections Division.
What’s the latest on the California AIP situation for Goode?
Agreed.
@4 I am assuming a progressive state court like Vermont will grant relief due to incompetency at the town clerk level.
#3 is correct. However, the Justice Party has a hearing in a Vermont state court on July 31, and if the judge gives the Justice Party relief, probably the Secretary of State will give Virgil Goode relief also, because he is in the same boat. Both Rocky Anderson and Virgil Goode got enough valid signatures by the Vermont deadline, but the town clerks didn’t check them in time.
I thought the deadline had passed in VT with the CP not making it. Is that incorrect?
Straight ballot access? Currently they are at 161 (assuming VT and DE come through). It will largely depend on CA, NJ, LA, WA, VA, IA. With that it leaves them 1 EV short. They would probably be able to squeak that through somewhere in the midwest like Nebraska.
He’ll be on enough when combining Write-in and Straight access.
Write in only? At this rate is VG even gonna be on enough ballots to theoretically win?