On March 27, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed HB 2981, the bill that cuts the number of signatures for minor party and independent candidates from 2% of the last vote cast, to 1%. The bill also moves the … Continue reading
On March 19, the Federal Elections Committee extended the disclosure exemption for the Socialist Workers Party and its candidates for four more years. The vote was 5-1. The party has had a similar exemption ever since it won a lawsuit … Continue reading
A bill to ease Illinois ballot access, HB 2620, is pending. Although it has not advanced yet, on March 25 it was amended to include an unrelated provision relating to the organization of qualified political parties. The author of HB … Continue reading
The bill to improve Maine procedures for write-in candidates, LD 547, has not advanced, and it is now too late for it to pass. The bill would have required that the names of declared write-in candidates be posted at polling … Continue reading
On March 26, the Oklahoma House Rules Committee passed SB 852, which makes it somewhat easier for an initiative to get on the ballot. … Continue reading
