Articles by Markham Robinson

Sacramento, Calif. - The Trump/Pence ticket now has two party nominations in California, the Republicans' and the American Independent Party’s. The ticket under both parties will appear on the same ballot line. This hasn’t happened since 1940 when the California GOP got together with the Townsend Party to nominate Wendell Willkie. Then both parties nominated a common slate of Presidential electors. On August 13, 2016, at its Sacramento Convention, the American Independent Party of California no...

What Happens when two Political Parties Nominate the Same Candidate for the First Time Since 1940! Oops, they did it again! The fabled American Independent Party of California nominated Donald Trump, already nominated by the California Republican Party. So what now? Two ballot lines for the same candidate? Thankfully NO. This dual nomination will be indicated on the Trump/Pence Ticket ballot line by “Republican, American Independent” as the nominating parties. Something similar has happened be...