On February 1, the North Carolina Free the Vote Coalition held a well-attended press conference outside the North Carolina legislative office building. See here. The purpose of the press conference was to publicize the introduction of the bill to improve ballot access for independent candidates and new and previously unqualified parties. The bill was introduced on February 2 and is HB 32. Also see this AP story.
North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Wyoming are the only states in which neither “Green Party” or “Constitution Party” (or any of the Constitution Party’s alternate names in certain states) have ever appeared on any ballot. Even in Georgia, the Green Party has been on the ballot in at least one local partisan race.
Any press conference able to detect that —
Separate is NOT equal.
Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954 or that
Each election is NEW and has ZERO to do with any prior election except perhaps the number of voters in each election area in such immediately prior election.
This should be some good news. Easier access to the ballot allows party resources and candidate resources to be redirected towards turning out the vote vs struggling to overcome burdensome requirements.