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North Carolina H88 passed the legislature on July 25. It lowers the vote test for a party to remain on the ballot from 10%, to 2%. It also lowers the number of signatures for a statewide independent from 2% of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2006
On July 27, Ohio Representative Jim Trakas introduced House Bill 638, which lets candidates who use the independent procedure choose a partisan label. Any short label that doesn’t mimic the name of a fully-qualified party is permitted. Thus, labels such … Continue reading
North Carolina House Bill 1024 passed the legislature on July 26. It lets 10 counties and 10 cities experiment with Instant-Runoff voting, in local elections in 2007 and 2008. … Continue reading
The Delaware Attorney General recently ruled that fusion is legal between a major party and a minor party. Specifically, he ruled that the state must print Karen Hartley-Nagle’s name on the Democratic primary ballot for U.S. House, even though she … Continue reading
Rasmussen Reports released a poll of the Texas gubernatorial race on July 24. It shows Republican Rick Perry 40%, independent Carole Strayhorn 20%, independent Kinky Friedman 19%, Democrat Chris Bell 13%. The poll did not ask respondents about the Libertarian … Continue reading