On June 12, the North Carolina legislature passed SB 655. It moves the primary in presidential years, for all office, from May to March. Because the petition deadline for independent candidates is automatically related to the primary date, this means … Continue reading
On June 15, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed SB 486. Among many other provisions, it prevents parties that nominate by convention from nominating anyone who had earlier that year run in a party primary for the same office. North … Continue reading
Rocky De La Fuente is suing to overturn the California law for independent presidential candidate ballot access, which required 178,039 signatures in 2016, and which will probably require 200,000 in 2020. The percentage requirement is 1% of the number of … Continue reading
On June 16, the Democratic Party announced that its 2020 presidential convention will be July 13-16. The city hasn’t been chosen yet. This is the earliest date for a Democratic presidential convention since 1992, when the dates were also July … Continue reading
It is likely that the Libertarian Party will have at least one nominee for a federal or state office on the ballot in all fifty states in November 2018, for the first time in a midterm year. In a few … Continue reading
