On May 17, the Louisiana Senate passed HB 292, which converts congressional elections to a system in which all candidates run in November. If no one gets 50%, there is a run-off in December. Louisiana also used this system 1998 … Continue reading
The Washington Times has this story, saying the North Carolina First Party failed to obtain the required 85,379 signatures to be on the ballot in 2010 and 2012. May 17 was the deadline. Here is the AP story, which is … Continue reading
On May 18, the Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments in the case over whether Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz is eligible to run for Attorney General. The Court heard arguments, and then ruled from the bench that she is … Continue reading
Delaware is the only state in which the sole determinant of whether a party is ballot-qualified is how many registered voters it has. Delaware created this system in 1978, and said any party with registration membership of one-twentieth of 1% … Continue reading
On June 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear the pending Alabama and Louisiana ballot access cases. The Alabama case is Shugart v Chapman, and the Louisiana case is Libertarian Party v Dardenne. The Court won’t reveal … Continue reading
