In Texas, smaller qualified parties nominate by convention; larger ones by primary. For over 100 years, the only Texas candidates who had to pay a filing fee were candidates running in a primary. On April 29, the Texas Senate unanimously … Continue reading
On April 30, Georgia filed this response in Cowen v Raffensperger, 1:17cv-4660. This is the case in which the Libertarian Party had challenged the number of signatures for U.S. House, for all candidates who are not the nominees of parties … Continue reading
New York Comgressmember Jamaal Bowman was chosen by the Working Families Party to deliver the WFP response to the state of the nation speech of President Biden. Here is a link to his 12-minute speech. Bowman is a Democrat but … Continue reading
On April 29, the California Assembly Elections Committee passed AB 446 unanimously. It reduces the petition to recognize a new or previously unqualified party from 10% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 3%. While this sounds like a huge improvement, … Continue reading
The North Dakota legislature is about to adjourn. SCR 4005, which would have required constitutonal initiatives to pass with 60% of the vote instead of a majority, failed to pass. However, the 2021 legislature did pass HB 1078, which says … Continue reading
