Ballot Access News November 1, 2011 – Volume 27, Number 6 This issue was printed on gray paper. Table of Contents SUPREME COURT REJECTS TWO MORE MINOR PARTY CASES CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR VETOES HARMFUL BILL 8th CIRCUIT UPHOLDS NORTH DAKOTA LAW … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Wall Street Journal reporter Neil King, Jr., has this essay on the chances for a strong presidential candidate in 2012 who runs outside the two major parties. If you click the link and only the first paragraph is visible, try … Continue reading
The New Mexican, Santa Fe’s daily newspaper, has this interview with Gary Johnson, in which Johnson appears to open the door to seeking the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. Unfortunately, Johnson apparently told the interviewer that the Libertarian Party has never … Continue reading
On November 23, the Eighth Circuit refused to rehear Libertarian Party of North Dakota v Jaeger, 10-3212, and also refused to amend its original October 2011 opinion, which erroneously said that when a party submits 7,000 valid signatures, it remains … Continue reading
Most of the nation’s large-population states are having difficulty completing the redistricting process in time for the 2012 election. Among those states is California, which has an independent redistricting commission. Republican activists filed a referendum petition against the State Senate … Continue reading
Ballotpedia has this article, with data on how much it cost to put 2010 initiatives on the statewide ballot of all the states that had statewide initiatives that year. The average cost to get an initiative on 2010 ballots was … Continue reading