Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein announced over the weekend that her campaign is officially on the ballot in 22 states plus Washington, D.C., with ongoing petitioning efforts in two dozen more.
On Sunday, Stein shared a June 23 Ballot Access Progress Report produced by the campaign on her official Facebook page, stating, “BALLOT ACCESS UPDATE: As of today, we’re on the ballot in 22 states plus DC with more on the way,” before making a request for additional support. The report added that the current total number of potential electoral votes her campaign is eligible to earn later this year is 279.
According to the report, Stein is on the ballot in most of the American South and West, with ongoing petitioning efforts largely confined to the Northeast and Midwest. Stein has also earned ballot access in Hawaii and is actively working on access in Alaska, having completed her petitioning drive there at this time. Additionally, the campaign is challenging ballot requirements in New York after falling several thousand signatures short of the required 45,000 needed to appear on the state ballot.
The only states where the campaign isn’t listed as having secured ballot access or actively seeking access are Oklahoma and Rhode Island. Notably, no Green Party presidential nominee has ever appeared on the Oklahoma ballot due to the state’s challenging petitioning requirements and costly filing fees.
Earlier this month, Stein announced that she had earned enough delegates during the Green Party presidential primary season to effectively clinch the nomination at the party’s upcoming convention. The Green Party of the United States will host a virtual Annual National Meeting from August 15 to August 18.
Rhode island, iirc, has one of the latest deadlines. It’s been a while.
Oklahoma shouldn’t be too expensive for her. How do the other campaigns compare?