The United Independent Party is ballot-qualified in Massachusetts. However, since it doesn’t expect to run a presidential candidate in 2016, and because President is the only statewide office on the ballot in 2016 in Massachusetts, the party will lose its … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
Norman Leahy and Paul Goldman have this op-ed in the Washington Post, criticizing the exclusion of Joseph Morrissey from the Democratic primary ballot this year for State Senate. The op-ed makes it clear that he is being kept off the … Continue reading
Two bills are pending in the Maine legislature to make elections for county office non-partisan. LD 972 has ten sponsors and relates to county commissioner elections. LD 1189, by Representative Walter Kumiega, refers to elections for district attorney, sheriff, and … Continue reading
Colorado Representative Dominick Moreno (D-Commerce City) has introduced HB 1354. Currently, Colorado lets independents vote in party primaries if the independent joins one of the parties on primary day. The bill would allow independent voters to vote in major party … Continue reading
On April 21, the Nevada Senate passed SB 499 unanimously. It moves the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from April to June, and moves the petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates from February to June. … Continue reading