The late summer and fall of even-numbered years is the prime time for activists to find legislators who will introduce ballot access improvement bills in 2011. Legislatures are far more active in odd years than in even years. And candidates for the legislature are generally easier to reach during campaign season, because they are (in almost all states) not in session, in their home areas, and often campaigning for re-election.
Ballot access activists are working in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Such activity is also urgently needed in Alabama, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
Deadlines for introducing bills in 2011 can be as early as December 2010.
Richard,
I have a proposal that I will be sending to legislators in Missouri that will ease ballot access & treat all parties equally when appointing election commissioners, election judges & elecion supervisors.
Richard. I agree with you, and do have some activities already underway in Alabama. I am not at liberty just now to reveal what is going on. But will in due time.
I’ll keep all posted as we progress.
ANY time is the correct time to find a lawyer able to do a correct ballot access case.
Separate is NOT equal.
Brown v Bd of Ed 1954
— regardless of the screwed up UNEQUAL ballot access case in Williams v. Rhodes 1968 — a mere 42 years of UNEQUAL ballot access cases.