Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The New Yorker Publishes an Article, "In Arizona, No Labels Is Attracting Potential Candidates It Doesn't Want," that Mentions Richard Grayson
Arizona Republic Article on Arizona No Labels Party Lawsuit Quotes Richard Grayson
Two Arizonans filed statements of interest to run under the No Labels label over the summer: U.S. Senate candidate Tyson Draper and state Corporation Commission candidate Richard Grayson, the latter a progressive Democrat who previously told The Arizona Republic he's trying to undermine the new party.Draper, a high school coach who runs a conservative news site, responded to a request for comment by The Arizona Republic by saying: "go f*** yourself."Following the second candidate's filing in August, the Washington D.C.-based political party sent a letter to Fontes' office saying it "does not desire to have the names of candidates for any other office printed on the official general-election ballot at the 2024 general election."Arizona Elections Director Colleen Connor last month responded that the state would keep accepting candidate statements of interest and nominating petitions "for any eligible voter who seeks to use No Labels' ballot line in the 2024 election."Grayson pointed out that if the party succeeds in banning unauthorized No Labels candidates, the people registered to vote under No Labels wouldn't get to participate in August's primary election at all.Voters tired of the two-party system would be "better off registering as an independent," which would allow them to choose which party's ballot they want in the primary, he said.
A version of the article appeared in the print edition of the Arizona Republic on pages 1B and 2B on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Monday, October 23, 2023
Arizona Republic Column on Arizona No Labels Party Lawsuit Mentions Richard Grayson
No Labels officials rest their argument on a state statute that says: “At a primary election, each political party entitled and intending to make nominations for the ensuing general or special election, if it desires to have the names of its candidates printed on the official ballot at that general or special election, shall nominate its candidates … .”They interpret the qualifying language “intending to make nominations” and “if it desires to have the names of its candidates printed” to mean the law gives political parties the ultimate say on candidates and whether to hold a primary.But that statute narrowly relates to the nomination of candidates for printing on an official ballot.At least one of the two people who filed paperwork, Richard Grayson, is seeking to run as a write-in candidate — that is, forgoing the process of gathering nomination signatures needed to secure his name on the ballot.Grayson is taking advantage of, as he has done before, Arizona’s rules for parties that have “not qualified for continued representation,” including new political parties. Those rules allow a candidate to win the party nomination with a simple plurality of the vote.Grayson won one primary race with a mere two votes and another one with 11.More relevant is an Arizona law related to new political parties: “A new political party may become eligible for recognition and shall be represented by an official party ballot at the next ensuing regular primary election.”. . .No Labels’ suit isn’t the first time that Grayson, a lifelong Democrat who admits to simply wanting to sabotage No Labels, has been targeted for removal from running.The Green Party sued him and other Green write-in primary winners in 2010, as well as the then-Secretary of State Ken Bennett and the 15 county recorders, to keep the Green primary winners off general election ballots.The party lost.Grayson welcomes another round of legal clarity.Either way, he’ll be running as a No Labels party member regardless the outcome: Alaska last month certified him as a candidate for Congress in its open primary election.A print version of the story appeared on page 4B of the October 25, 2023 Arizona Republic.
Friday, October 20, 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023
AP Article on No Labels Suing Arizona to Block Arizona No Labels Party Candidates Mentions Richard Grayson
An Associated Press article by Jonathan J. Cooper, "No Labels sues Arizona to block opponents from using the new political party to run for office," published today, September 28, 2023, mentions Richard Grayson:
The No Labels party on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Arizona seeking to block its ballot line from being used by Democrats who oppose the group’s efforts to launch a third-party ticket for president next year.
The lawsuit asks a federal judge in Phoenix to block Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from allowing people to run for offices other than president or vice president under the No Labels banner.
Fontes’s office told the group last month that it is obligated to accept filings from candidates even if party leaders reject them. At least one person who’s filed under No Labels is a Joe Biden supporter who opposes the group and wants it to disclose its donors, something long sought by supporters of the president.
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Candidates have filed statements of interest to run for U.S. Senate and Arizona Corporation Commission, the state’s utility regulator. One of them, Corporation Commission candidate Richard Grayson, is a No Labels opponent who has been critical of the group’s efforts.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Friday, October 13, 2023
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Cambodia (World Bibliographical Series), Published by Clio Press, Contains a Short Discussion of Richard Grayson's "What Really Happened in Cambodia"
Monday, October 9, 2023
New York Times Article, "Biden Allies Try to Quash Third-Party Candidates, Fearing a Trump Win," Mentions Richard Grayson
Sunday, October 8, 2023
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