New Hampshire HB 48, the ballot access bill, is being redrafted. The original bill lowered the number of votes needed for a group to meet the definition of “political party” from 4% to 2%. The amended bill retains that idea, … Continue reading
News media are reporting that Sam Brownback will withdraw from the Republican presidential race on Friday, October 19. That will make the third Republican who was permitted to participate in presidential debates this year, who then withdrew. The others have … Continue reading
Back in September 1999, the U.S. Taxpayers Party changed its name to the Constitution Party. This change was made democratically at the party’s national convention. All the states in which the party had been on the ballot as “U.S. Taxpayers … Continue reading
Cynthia McKinney is circulating a petition to get her name on the Illinois Green Party’s presidential primary. All candidates in Illinois presidential primaries need 3,000 signatures. Such petitions are due the first week in November.
On October 16, TV comedian Stephen Colbert said on his show that he will run in both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in South Carolina. The filing deadline for those primaries in November 1. He must pay $35,000 to … Continue reading
