Maryland Delegate Veronica Turner (D-Prince Georges County) has introduced HB 2, to increase Maryland filing fees for candidates. The existing fees are $290 for statewide office and $100 for U.S. House of Representatives. The bill increases the statewide fee to $2,000, and also raises the fees for district and local offices.
Maryland has no provision for petitions in lieu of filing fees. Instead, candidates who demonstrate inability to pay the fee are put on the ballot without a fee or a petition. The provision says the State Board of Elections will evaluate the “nature,extent, and liquidity” of the person’s assets.
How vague and UNEQUAL is the *nature, extent and liquidity* stuff ???
Sue for $$$$ personal damages to bankrupt brain dead election law bureaucrats and legislators.
Keep suing until they get it into their nearly empty skulls NOT to attack Democracy — i.e. having UNEQUAL ballot access LAWS.