July 3, 2022
Covering Third Parties and Independent Candidates Since 2008
The Green Party of Arkansas today submitted 14,300 signatures today in an attempt to get their party on the ballot. 10,000 valid signatures are required in order to qualify a party for the ballot in Arkansas.
If the petition is approved, that will be the third election year in a row in which the Green Party has completed this petition.
Richard Carroll, the former Green Party legislator in Arkansas, yesterday lost a Democratic primary race for State Senate. Ballot Access News reports:
Arkansas held its primaries on May 18. Richard Carroll was defeated for re-election in the Democratic primary, for State House, 39th district.
At 11 AM Eastern time, I will be interviewing Richard Carroll, the highest ranking elected Green in the nation until last week, when he switched his party affiliation. If you have any questions, submit them here in the comments or call in at 646-200-0264. … Read more ...
For our second edition of Independent Political Report Radio, I (Ross Levin) will be interviewing Richard Carroll. Carroll was the highest-ranking elected Green in the nation – he is a state representative in Arkansas – until last Friday, when he switched his affiliation to Democrat. … Read more ...