Maine Representative Ryan Justin Fecteau (R-Augusta) has introduced LD 1061. It lowers the number of registered members for a new party to attain “qualified party” status from 5,000 to 2,500 registered members. It also says that when a party is … Continue reading
Texas State Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) has introduced SB 2093. It continues the practice, established in 2019, that candidates nominated by parties that use conventions (instead of primaries) must pay a filing fee. But it says the fee should be … Continue reading
David Colborne has this lengthy commentary on Nevada SB 292, which makes it more difficult for new or previously unqualified parties to get on the ballot. He discusses the ballot access parts of the bill toward the end. … Continue reading
According to this story, an individual voter in New Mexico has filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging that the party is not a major party. The party polled 7.08% in November 2020 for Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals. The … Continue reading
Nevada State Senator Roberta Lange (D-Las Vegas) has introduced SB 292. It doubles the number of signatures for a new or previously unqualified party to get on the ballot, from 1% of the last U.S. House statewide vote, to 2%. … Continue reading
