The Alabama Secretary of State recently revised his regulations for petitions for independent candidates and newly-qualifying parties in special elections. The new regulations say that the petitions need not list the date of the special election. This change makes it possible for these petitions to start to circulate as soon as the news gets out that a vacancy has been created. Under the old regulation, special election petitions couldn’t begin to circulate until the Governor had set the date of the special election.
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Edited By Richard Winger
A little help, but alot more needed. I thought there was federal court suit asking for fewer signatures when the election was for a special election with fewer days to collect the signatures. Would not be surprised if the Judge says the Secretary of State has given sufficient relief by allowing the gathering of signatures to begin as soon as the word is out that there will be a special election.