Indiana Legislator Plans to Introduce Ballot Access Improvement Bill in 2017

According to this story, Indiana State Representative Jeff Ellington says he expects to introduce a bill in 2017 to ease Indiana ballot access. Presumably he intends to improve both primary ballot access and general election ballot access.

No statewide general election petition for any minor party or independent candidate has succeeded in Indiana since 2000, when Pat Buchanan got on the ballot for president as the Reform Party nominee.


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Indiana Legislator Plans to Introduce Ballot Access Improvement Bill in 2017 — 2 Comments

  1. Interestingly enough, the sentiments of Mr. Downs are in stark contrast to his sentiments about a month ago. I wrote him a respectful letter on March 2nd stating that regardless of the signature requirement, the laws should be equal for all of the citizens who are old enough to run for statewide office. I am glad that he is now open to 3, 4, or even 5 candidates running….

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