On October 22, the Pennsylvania Reform Party affiliated with the new nationally organized Independence Party. The Pennsylvania Reform Party had been previously unaffiliated with any national faction of the Reform Party. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for this news. … Continue reading
Back in 2004, Ralph Nader sued Hawaii over its ballot access laws. One part of the suit challenged the arbitrary manner in which Hawaii elections officials validate signatures, but the other part of the case challenged the constitutionality of requiring … Continue reading
On October 22, the Executive Committee of the National Republican Committee voted to punish 5 states for choosing delegates too early. The full Republican National Committee will decide whether to implement this recommendation next month. The five state Republican Parties … Continue reading
Any reader of this blog who is sympathetic to the fight to improve ballot access laws may wish to help either or both of these veteran ballot access volunteer attorneys: 1. Bob Bastress, a law professor at the University of … Continue reading
Bob Bauer, an expert on campaign finance laws and a critic of those laws, has written this in his blog More Soft Money Hard Law. It deals with the interplay between Stephen Colbert’s candidacy in the South Carolina major party … Continue reading
