Ballot Access News has just learned that the South Carolina Election Commission adopted a policy in 2008 that does not permit political parties that nominate by convention to nominate anyone who didn’t file a declaration of candidacy with that party … Continue reading
As this post is being written, the Florida legislature only has a few hours before adjournment. None of the bills making it illegal to pay initiative petition circulators on a per-signature basis are moving. They are H7149, H497, and S956. … Continue reading
The South Carolina House of Representatives, for the remainder of this calendar year, will only sit between May 12 and June 4. The House will not sit during the first half of May, so as to save the taxpayers money. … Continue reading
The Mississippi Constitution, article 15, sec. 273, contains the procedure for initiatives to change the state Constitution. That part of the Constitution was written in 1992, when Mississippi had five U.S. House Districts. The Constitution says, “The signatures from any … Continue reading
On April 28, the First Circuit refused to re-hear Del Gallo v Parent, 08-1511. The original decision, issued on February 25, equated petitioning for a candidate on interior post office sidewalks with “campaigning”, and then went on the uphold the … Continue reading
