Ballot Access News January 1, 2016 – Volume 31, Number 8 This issue was printed on pink paper. Table of Contents MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE REPEALS STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE COURT SEEMS TO CRITICIZE CALIFORNIA BALLOT LABEL LAW MAINE REJECTS LIBERTARIAN BALLOT ACCESS; PARTY … Continue reading
Richard Winger
According to this story, many challenges to mainstream major party presidential candidates will not be resolved by the time Illinois must print ballots for the primary. Illinois could save itself this headache if it abolished mandatory primary petitions, which a … Continue reading
Georgia State Senator Fran Millar, a Republican from Atlanta, has this commentary about the National Popular Vote Plan. It is supportive. … Continue reading
U.S. District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., will hear Libertarian Party of Arkansas v Martin, 4:15cv-635, on Friday, February 19, at 9:30 pm in Little Rock. This is the case against the new state law that says qualified minor … Continue reading
On January 26, U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane heard testimony and arguments in Benezet Consulting v Cortes, m.d., 1:16cv-74. The issues are the ban on out-of-state circulators, the requirement that each petition sheet be notarized, and the ban on … Continue reading
The California Libertarian Party has told the Secretary of State that independent voters will be able to choose a Libertarian presidential primary ballot in June. This is the first time the California Libertarian Party has made that decision. The only … Continue reading