Indiana Representative Ryan Dvorak (D-South Bend) has again introduced his bill to greatly ease petition requirements for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. His HB 1324 lowers the statewide petition from 2% of the last vote cast for Secretary of State, to exactly 250 signatures.
He introduced the same bill in 2022, but it did not make any headway.
Evan McMahon, Chair of the Libertarian Party of Indiana, told Bill Redpath that the bill won’t even get a hearing in the Republican Party-dominated legislature.
They changed it from one half of one percent to two percent because they were worried about the American and Libertarian Parties taking votes from the Democrat and Republican parties.
Mainly Republican.