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Libertarian and Green Parties Each Entitled to Presidential Primaries in 2016 in At Least Six States

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From Richard Winger at Ballot Access News:

The Libertarian Party and the Green Party, at this point, are each entitled to presidential primaries in six jurisdictions for 2016. That number could conceivably increase if the parties complete various ballot access petitions between now and 2016 deadlines.

Libertarians have the right to their own presidential primaries in Arizona, California, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, and North Carolina. Greens have them in Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio.

The Constitution Party has a presidential primary in Missouri.

Technically, the Libertarian and Green Parties could also have a presidential primary in Delaware, except that the law requires so many signatures for a presidential candidate to get on the presidential primary ballot in those states (and only party members can sign) that in fact the primary can’t be used.

4 Comments

  1. paulie March 28, 2015

    None of the LP’s are binding on delegates, although I vaguely recall reading somewhere that at least some of the GP’s are.

  2. Richard Winger March 28, 2015

    No, Florida only gives presidential primaries to parties with registration of 5% of the state total. Florida and Wisconsin are two states that give primaries to any party, for office other than president; yet only large parties get presidential primaries.

  3. houselynn2 March 28, 2015

    Also Florida, or so I understand.

  4. Andy Craig March 28, 2015

    How many of those are scheduled for after the respective national conventions?

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