In five states this year, one ballot-qualified minor party will lose its status as a qualified party because that party is not running any statewide nominees, or it is not running for the only statewide office that affects qualified status. … Continue reading
A Fox News Poll released several days ago for the Colorado gubernatorial election shows these results: Hickenlooper, Democrat, 44%; Tancredo, Constitution, 34%; Maes, Republican, 15%; others and undecided 7%. The share of the vote for the Republican nominee, Dan Maes, … Continue reading
As soon as the November 2, 2010 election has been held, the Democratic Party of Washington state, and the Republican Party of Washington state, will no longer be ballot-qualified. This is because the law defines a ballot-qualified party as one … Continue reading
At the September 14 Massachusetts primary, no Republican appeared on that party’s primary ballot for Attorney General. However, write-in candidate James McKenna polled 27,711 write-ins. He needed 10,000 write-ins to be deemed nominated, and he easily overcame that hurdle. He … Continue reading
The October 3 edition of the Indianapolis Star has this editorial, advocating several election law reforms, including ballot access reform. The editorial is good, but it omits a lot of relevant information. Indiana is one of only four states in … Continue reading
