On January 7, Oklahoma representative Charles Key introduced HB 1058, to lower the number of signatures for a new or previously unqualified party from 5% of the last vote cast, to exactly 5,000 signatures. The bill received publicity; see this story.
Key also introduced HB 1057, to require that political parties that hold a presidential primary pay for that primary. Oklahoma holds its presidential primary early in the year, separate from its summer primary for other office. The only state now in which major parties pay for their own presidential primary is South Carolina. The parties pay for the presidential primary by charging very high filing fees for candidates who run in that primary. UPDATE: since 2007, South Carolina government pays for party presidential primaries. Thanks to Frontloading HQ for the correction.
…… four decades ago GOP ‘one party’ Kansas was a sordid stinkie pit of political corruption. They made it to the 21st Century, kinda. So can the Indian Nation.
South Carolina has state-funded primaries.
http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2011/01/south-carolina-has-state-funded.html
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Too little, too late, Rep. Key. Secession offers an opportunity to write a new constitution and restore free and fair elections to the people.
The Sooners aren’t living up to their nickname. Oh well, better late than never. Thank you Representative Key.
The statist ROT in the U.S.A. since day 1 on 4 July 1776 has been produced and maintained by an EVIL combination of —
1. UNEQUAL ballot access laws – since at least 1888.
2. ANTI-Democracy minority rule Gerrymanders – since day 1.
3. Plurality winner elections in most States — runoff elections in X States — solve for X from the BAN super-database.
Result – the continuous OLIGARCHY regimes and the OLIGARCHY laws in such regimes.
Which State has THE EVIL WORST Oligarchy ??? Lots of competition to be the worst.
P.R. and App.V.
The WAR for REAL Democracy continues on many fronts 24/7.
Creating a movement uniting supporters of ballot access across the political spectrum is the key to success.