This excellent Stateline article explains many reasons why petitioning has become more difficult in the last few years. Thanks to Eric Wong for the link.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
This excellent Stateline article explains many reasons why petitioning has become more difficult in the last few years. Thanks to Eric Wong for the link.
FAKE NEWS
Winger posts yet another far left article. No wonder he voted for Dementia Joe.
How long before Thomas Jones chimes in with his usual gibberish?
I read the article. Some good points. I have never been an advocate of petition signatures. I think it sucks. Pay a filing fee and keep it simple.
Blame Mark Jacoby.
ALL circulators and signers going on more PURGE lists ???
Thus – more fake sigs felony stuff.
see esp 2022 Mich Elephant Guv candidates – many felony fraud sigs
[NOOO filing fees for top offices — Guv, USA Senator / Rep.]
Some solutions:
1. Filing fees
2. On-line E-signatures
3. Allowing parties to nominate directly to the ballot by caucus or convention.
4. Cut the number of signatures.
5. Use a hard number of qualifying signatures, rather than a percent that changes every election.
6. Make it harder to challenge signatures; better that a candidate get on the ballot with some bad signatures, than the voters be given too few choices.
On cue Tommy Jones going on a rant about fake purge lists.
Petitioners appear in person at courthouses with voter ID. This permits voters to be checked immediately and avoids the problem of fraudulent signatures.
ONE person ballot access forms – noms / issues.
4.25 x 5.5 inches — internet / junk mail / etc.
NO fraud circulators.