New Hampshire Representative Joel Winters has introduced HB 1264. It makes thoughtful improvements to the ability of new and previously unqualified parties to get on the ballot. Existing law says defines “party” to be a group that polled at least … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2009
On December 9, the Ohio Senate passed SB 8, the Senate’s version of the omnibus election law bill. The bill is different from HB 260, the House version of the omnibus election law bill. The Senate bill provides that the … Continue reading
On December 9, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court again refused to hear Ralph Nader’s request for a rehearing in the matter of whether he must pay approximately $80,000 in court costs stemming from the 2004 challenge to his petitions. In the … Continue reading
The publication “City Hall”, of New York city, has been running a lengthy series about the Working Families Party of New York state. The fifth edition of the series, carried on December 3, expands the topic to look at Working … Continue reading
Davenport, Iowa, holds an annual street fair, the Bix Street Fair. At the 2008 street fair, police refused to let Green Party petitioners collect signatures to get Cynthia McKinney on the ballot. The ACLU brought a lawsuit against this policy … Continue reading