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On April 6, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee amended SB 100 and passed the bill. As amended, the primary would continue to be in the first week in March. But the run-off primary moves from the 2nd Tuesday in … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Last month, the Green Party and the Libertarian Party each submitted a petition to be on the Maryland ballot in 2012 and 2014. The law requires 10,000 valid signatures. Both petitions were recently found insufficient by the State Board of … Continue reading
On April 7, the Oklahoma House Rules Committee passed SB 91. It requires birth certificates for presidential candidates. The bill had passed the Senate on March 14. … Continue reading
On April 4, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed HB 1827. It moves the petition deadline for a new party from late June to early April. If this bill had been in effect in 2010, the petition deadline would not have … Continue reading
On April 7, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed SB 403, which makes some ballot access improvements: (1) it lowers the number of signatures to qualify a new party in gubernatorial years; (2) it moves the independent candidate petition deadline … Continue reading