Tomorrow, California will vote for governor in its jungle primary. One candidate I would love to see triumph has been kicked off the ballot: Butch Ware. The Green Party nominee has resorted to a write-in campaign. Sadly, even with this campaign, there will be ways to cheat Ware.
Many election officials are sticklers when it comes to write-in candidates. If you spell part of the name wrong, if you check the wrong box to signal a write-in, your vote will be thrown out.
If it looks like Ware could advance, I believe the Democratic Party machine will find a way to cheat him out of victory. They rigged it against Cheri Honkala, another Green Party nominee for vice president, when she ran for a state seat in Pennsylvania. You can read about it in my Substack article.
Does this mean you shouldn’t vote or stay home if you live in California? No. Write-in Ware. We just need to be aware of the hurdles anti-oligarchic parties face.
Related Off-site Links:
The Iron Ceiling: Would the Oligarchy Steal an Election From the Green Party? – Dorothy Lennon (Dorothy Lennon Revolutionary, May 28, 2026).
The Green Party’s Butch Ware: “I Love a Good Fight” – Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs, April 22, 2026).
Butch Ware: The Green Candidate – The Latino Newsletter (April 6, 2026).
Democrats Panic Over Green Party Candidate: An Interview with Dr. Butch Ware – Bad Faith (March 30, 2026).
Judge Rejects Green Party Candidate Butch Ware’s Bid to Appear on California Governor Ballots – Yue Stella Yu (CalMatters.org, March 26, 2026).
Green Party Candidate for California Governor Butch Ware Kicked Off the Ballot – The Spiritual and Political Podcast (March 27, 2026).
Inside Butch Ware’s Vision For California: Healthcare, Housing, and a Political Shake-Up – Matthew Levitt (Fathom, March 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Introducing California’s Gubernatorial Candidate Butch Ware
• “The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly
• Butch Ware on His Run for California Governor and the Wider Goal of Disrupting the Duopoly
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
• Butch Ware on Efforts by the Democratic Party to Block His Green Party Run for California Governor
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – June 5, 2025
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – November 26, 2025
• Butch Ware on “Red & Blue vs Green Politics”
• “We Have the Power to Stop the Flow of Money and the False Legitimacy Upon Which Empire Depends”
• “People Really Want New Options in Politics”
• Butch Ware on the Hard Knock Radio Show
• Photo of the Day – March 3, 2026
• Butch Ware and the Gatekeepers Within the Democratic Party
• Butch Ware: “I’m Trying to Take Care of People”
• Hey, Liberals! We Need to Talk
• Butch Ware on the Democrats’ “Lawfare” to Keep Greens Off the Ballot