Ballot Access News September 1, 2016 – Volume 32, Number 4 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents U.S. DISTRICT COURT ENJOINS ILLINOIS 5% PETITION REQUIREMENT FOR U.S. HOUSE MARYLAND INDEPENDENT DEADLINE WIN CONNECTICUT WIN ONE OF … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
On September 28, the First Circuit agreed with the U.S. District Court, that New Hampshire’s law, making it a crime for a voter in the voting booth to photograph his or her voted ballot and then show that picture to … Continue reading
Indiana has one of the worst ballot access laws in the nation. No one has completed a statewide general election petition, either independent or unqualified party, for sixteen years. Indiana is one of only four states in which Ralph Nader … Continue reading
A mediation conference was held on September 27 in the Ninth Circuit’s election law case, Soltysik v Padilla, 16-55758. The issue is the California law that lets some candidates for Congress and partisan state office have their party affiliation on … Continue reading
On September 30, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, a Carter appointee, ruled that Alabama cannot require independent candidates, and unqualified parties, to comply with the 3% petition requirement, in instances when the petitioning time is limited. Hall v Merrill, m.d., … Continue reading