On March 5, the Maryland Senate passed SB 256. It blocks presidential and vice-presidential candidates from appearing on the November ballot if either has failed to reveal federal income tax returns. Write-in candidates are exempt. The vote was 28-17. Four … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran is resigning from the Senate on April 1, 2018. His term would ordinarily not have been up until 2020. Mississippi law says his seat will be filled in a special non-partisan election on November 6, 2018. … Continue reading
On March 2, Utah Representative Mike McKell (R-Spanish Fork) introduced HB 485. It would forbid a qualified party from changing its bylaws relative to who can run in its primary, during an election year. On March 5, it passed the … Continue reading
On March 5, the South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee passed HB 1286. It makes some ballot access improvements but also throws some new impediments into the process. It moves the non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline from April to June … Continue reading
On March 5, the Montana Green Party submitted its petition for party status. See this story. The Green Party hasn’t been a qualified party in Montana since 2004. Jill Stein was on the ballot in 2016, but she used the … Continue reading
