Oklahoma’s legislature has advanced two bills that make it easier to get initiatives on the ballot. On March 10, the House passed HB 2246 by 90-4. It increases the petitioning period for an initiative from 90 days to one year. … Continue reading
A subcommittee of the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on March 18 on HB 2981, the ballot access improvement bill. Law Professor Bob Bastress will be the prime witness in favor of the bill. … Continue reading
The Kennebec Journal (daily newspaper for Maine’s capital city, Augusta) has this article about LD 547, the bill to improve write-in voting. It is very unusual for the problems of write-in candidates to receive any publicity at all. LD 547, … Continue reading
On February 25, the First Circuit upheld a Post Office regulation that, in effect, bans petititioning to place a candidate on a ballot on interior Post Office sidewalks. Del Gallo v Parent, 08-1511. The decision is 37 pages long, and … Continue reading
Maryland Delegate Richard Weldon, who represents western Maryland, was re-elected in November 2006 as a Republican. However, in September 2008, he changed his registration to “independent.” He is the first Maryland legislator to be anything other than a Republican or … Continue reading
