The number of signatures independent candidates need in Arizona this year is 3% of the registered voters who are not members of a qualified party (as of the March 1, 2016 tally). For 2016, statewide independents need 35,514 valid signatures. … Continue reading
On March 28, the Georgia Secretary of State ruled that petitions to place presidential candidates on the November ballot may circulate without the name of the presidential or vice-presidential candidate, but the petitions must list the candidates for presidential elector. … Continue reading
On March 24, the government of New Hampshire filed this brief with the First Circuit, in defense of its 2014 law making it illegal for a group to circulate the party petition in an odd year. The case was filed … Continue reading
On March 25, the Vermont Senate passed SB 220, which allows publicly-funded candidates to announce their campaigns as early as November 1 of the year before the election. Existing law does not permit them to announce that they are running … Continue reading
New York Magazine has this interesting story by Ed Kilgore, who explains that nowadays, major party presidential conventions are planned weeks beforehand, by the candidate expected to be the presidential nominee. Important decisions about the platform, the rules, who speaks … Continue reading
