Ballot Access News June 1, 2012 – Volume 28, Number 1 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents JUSTICE PARTY AND CONSTITUTION PARTY WIN INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN CALIFORNIA BALLOT ACCESS DEADLINE CASE MISSOURI BALLOT ACCESS BILL PASSES … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Ohio has an open primary. The voter registration form does not ask voters to choose a party. On primary day, any voter is free to choose any party’s primary ballot. In the March 2012 primary, 7,035 Ohio voters chose a … Continue reading
On July 2, challenges were filed to seven Constitution Party legislative candidate petitions, and two Libertarian legislative candidate petitions, in Illinois. The seven challenged Constitution Party candidates are Gary Dunlap, running for State Senate, 27th district; Michael W. Oberline, running … Continue reading
Dan Walters, the Sacramento Bee’s veteran politics reporter and columnist, writes here that it would be good policy to repeal limits on how much individuals may contribute to candidates. AB 1146, which has a hearing in the Senate Elections Committee … Continue reading
On July 1, Californians for Electoral Reform voted to oppose ACA 10, the measure to make it more difficult to put statewide constitutional initiatives on the ballot. Current law requires a petition signed by a number of voters equal to … Continue reading
The Libertarian Party national web page now has a list of Libertarian Party candidates in the November 2012 election. See it here. This list will grow. In some states the time for the party to nominate candidates is still in … Continue reading