The Times Record of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has this commentary about the oral argument in Moore v Martin. That argument, held on July 27, concerns the federal lawsuit on early petition deadlines for non-presidential independent candidates.
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Edited By Richard Winger
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International Parliament
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7/29/2015
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Deputy Voluntary Law Minister Keenan Dunham [Libertarian]
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Also, having to collect signatures so early in the process is inconvenient to voters who probably cannot know much about what the field of candidates and the political dynamic will be all about a year later.
a better rule would have five candidates for every contest, even if lowering bars to ballot to zero to accomplish that.
I’m afraid there aren’t enough Americans who would want to run for all those legislative seats. Ordinary people have no interest in running for such offices. It is awkward and embarrassing for most people to run, because they will feel foolish if they don’t campaign all-out, and they don’t want to do that. The typical legislative race in the U.S., counting both the primary season and the general election, probably has an average of fewer than 3 candidates. And in Arkansas the overwhelming majority of legislative races only have one candidate in November.