On February 22, the New Hampshire House Election Law Committee voted to retain the two ballot access bills, HB 152 and HB 153. This means that they will receive another hearing to iron out some perceived problems. If the Committee had wished not to take any more action on these bills, the Committee would have labeled them “Inexpedient to Pass” and they would have been dead.
The bills ease ballot access for independent candidates and for new and minor parties. New Hampshire is the only New England state that has no qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. New Hampshire has not had any ballot-qualified parties other than the Democratic and Republican Parties since November 1996. The only other states about which this statement is true are New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Tennessee’s definition of political party was declared unconstitutional last year and has not yet been replaced. Thanks to Rich Tomasso for the news about the New Hampshire bills.
Where is that Model Election Law — so that the party hack robots can mess around with something else ???
http://www.change.org/petitions/equal-ballot-access-for-all-candidates-for-all-offices-in-government-of-the-united-states