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The Pacific Green Party of Oregon didn’t run any statewide candidates in 2010, so it can only be on the ballot in 2012 if it gets its registration up to one-half of 1% of the state total by mid-2012. Just … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Cayuga County, New York, elects 15 members to its County Legislature, on a partisan basis. The 15 districts are not similar to each other in population. Instead, the county has a system in which each member’s vote in the Legislature … Continue reading
Last month, a ballot access reform bill, HB 32, was introduced in the North Carolina House. A similar bill will be introduced in the Senate this week by Senator Andrew Brock (R-Mocksville). … Continue reading
On February 28, the Nebraska legislature advanced LB 399, without opposition. This is the bill that eases the statewide non-presidential independent petition distribution requirement. Current law requires 50 signatures from each of 30 counties. In effect, this requires 30 separate … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Cao v Federal Election Commission, 10-776, at its March 18 conference. This is the case in which the Republican Party and former Congressman Joseph Cao hope to expand the party’s ability … Continue reading