Newly-elected New Hampshire State Representative Max Abramson has pre-filed HB 713, which eases ballot access. It would lower the vote test for party status from 4% to 2%. It would reduce the petition for establishment of a new party from … Continue reading
On November 4, 2014, the Constitution Party polled 35% of the vote in a countywide race in Marshall County, Alabama. Alabama law says if a party polls 20% for any countywide partisan position, it becomes ballot-qualified in that county, so … Continue reading
On December 10, an Oregon state court refused injunctive relief to a group of voters whose mail-in ballots weren’t counted because election officials thought their signatures on the outer envelope of the ballot didn’t match their signatures on voter registration … Continue reading
On December 9, the text of the congressional bill that would fund the federal government was released. It contains a surprise provision that would make it possible for individuals to give substantially more money to national committees of political parties … Continue reading
Eric Ostermeier has posted this interesting article on Smart Politics, which calculates the percentage of gubernatorial elections in which the winner polled less than a majority of the vote cast. In the 2010’s decade, so far, 26.7% of all gubernatorial … Continue reading
