Link to Video of Montana Testimony on Top-Two Primary Bill
Source: Ballot Access News Here is a link to either audio or video of the testimony for and against the Montana top-two primary bill, HB 436. It lasts approximately 30 minutes. Thanks to Mike Fellows...
View ArticleBallot Access News February 2013 Print Edition
Source: Ballot Access News Ballot Access News February 1, 2013 – Volume 28, Number 9
View ArticleArizona Bill to Amend Various Parts of Public Funding Would Help Independent...
Source: Ballot Access News Three Republican and four Democratic Arizona state representatives have introduced HB 2575, which makes many small changes to the public funding program for candidates for...
View ArticleBirmingham News Hosts One-Hour Chat Today with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Joey...
Source: Ballot Access News The Birmingham News hosts a one-hour chat today (Tuesday, February 26) with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joey Kennedy. Kennedy will discuss the current legislative...
View ArticlePennsylvania Bill to Let Independents Vote in Party Primaries
Source: Ballot Access News On February 25, fifteen Pennsylvania representatives introduced HB 795, which would let any independent voter vote in a partisan primary. The U.S. Supreme Court has already...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Bill Details Revealed; Bill to be Introduced February 28
Source: Ballot Access News Alabama Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) will introduce a ballot access bill on February 28. The legislative counsel has finished drafting the bill. It will lower the number of...
View ArticleIllinois State Board of Elections Hears Petition Challenges in Special...
Source: Ballot Access News The Illinois State Board of Elections will hear the petition challenges on March 7, concerning the special U.S. House election, 2nd district. The outcome will determine...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Bill, Permitting Americans Elect to Remove Itself from Ballot,...
Source: Ballot Access News On February 27, the South Dakota Senate Local Government Committee passed HB 1018, which lets ballot-qualified parties remove themselves from the ballot. The purpose of this...
View ArticleOklahoma Senate Unanimously Passes Weak Ballot Access Bill
Source: Ballot Access News On February 27, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed SB 668, which eases ballot access for newly-qualifying parties in midterm years, but does not reduce the number of...
View ArticleJustice Party files Opening Brief in Vermont Supreme Court in Ballot Access Case
Source: Ballot Access News Rocky Anderson filed this brief in the Vermont Supreme Court on February 19. The case is Anderson v State of Vermont, 2012-272. The issue is partly the state’s cumbersome...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Bill is SB 265
Source: Ballot Access News Alabama State Senator Cam Ward’s ballot access bill is SB 265. It cuts the number of signatures in half (for newly-qualifying parties, and non-presidential independent...
View ArticleVermont Supreme Court Hears Justice Party Ballot Access Case on March 27
Source: Ballot Access News The Vermont Supreme Court will hear arguments in Anderson v State of Vermont, 2012-272, on March 27. The main issue is the method by which independent candidates must submit...
View ArticleMaine Bill for Ranked-Choice Voting Finally Introduced
Source: Ballot Access News The Maine bill that would provide for Ranked-Choice Voting for statewide races, both federal and state, is now introduced and is LD 518. Thanks to Rob Richie for this news....
View ArticleTrial Date Set in Rubin v Bowen, the California Minor Party Lawsuit Against...
Source: Ballot Access News On March 4, an Alameda County Superior Court set a February 18, 2014 trial date for Rubin v Bowen, the case filed by the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Green Parties...
View ArticleTennessee Ballot Access Bill Set for Hearing on March 26
Source: Ballot Access News The Tennessee Senate State and Local Government Committee will hear SB 1091 on March 26. This is the bill that lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party...
View ArticleOhio Omnibus Election Law Bill
Source: Ballot Access News The Ohio Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill, SB 47, has a few provisions that impact ballot access. The bill repeals the ban on out-of-state circulators, for all...
View ArticleBirmingham News Again Publicizes Ballot Access Issue
Source: Ballot Access News On March 4, the Birmingham News again published a column by Joey Kennedy, deploring Alabama ballot access and publicizing SB 265, the bill to cut the number of signatures in...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Bill, Letting Americans Elect Remove Itself from 2014 Ballot,...
Source: Ballot Access News On March 4, the South Dakota Senate passed HB 1018, the omnibus election law bill that includes a provision that a ballot-qualified party may remove itself from the ballot....
View ArticleNew Jersey State Appellate Court Hears Arguments on Reliability of State’s...
Source: Ballot Access News Most counties in New Jersey use electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper trail. Critics of these voting machines filed a lawsuit in state court in 2004,...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Rules that Libertarian Party Has Standing to Challenge...
Source: Ballot Access News On March 6, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the plaintiffs in Los Angeles County Libertarian Party v Bowen have standing to challenge the residency requirement for petition...
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