Texas Representative Kelly Hancock (R-Fort Worth) has introduced HB 1193, to let qualified political parties hold their national presidential conventions as late as they wish. Existing law says qualified parties must certify their presidential and vice-presidential nominees by late August. … Continue reading
On February 16, the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee defeated SB 359 by a vote of 10-4. The bill would have lowered the number of signatures for a new party from 5% of the last vote cast, to 5,000 signatures. The … Continue reading
On February 16, the Arkansas Senate unanimously passed HB 1246, one of the two ballot access bills introduced by Green Party legislator Richard Carroll. HB 1246 expands the period for a new party petition from any 60 days of the … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Voters Choice Act has now been introduced. It is SB 252 and has nine Senators as sponsors. They include seven Republicans (Mike Folmer, Pat Browne, Mary Jo White, Lisa Baker, Jeffrey Piccola, Rob Wonderling, and Jane Earll) and … Continue reading
Eight Ohio State Senators have introduced SB 43, to simplify ballot access for presidential candidates running in presidential primaries. Under current law, such presidential candidates must submit the names of a large number of candidates for Delegate to the national … Continue reading
