Indiana State Senator Sue Landske said recently that the issue of ballot access may perhaps be added to the agenda for the Summer Study Committee, when it considers various election law changes. Indiana ballot access is so severe, no statewide … Continue reading
West Virginia Delegate Barbara Fleischauer, long-time champion of ballot access in her state, had expected to introduce a bill this year cutting the number of signatures from 2% of the last vote cast to 1%, and also moving the non-presidential … Continue reading
Eric Sundwall, Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. House in the 20th district, says his campaign has collected 7,000 signatures in only 10 days. The requirement is 3,500 valid signatures to be collected in 12 days. The election is to fill … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times of March 7 has this interesting op-ed by Tim Rutten. Rutten deplores the very low turnout in recent Los Angeles city elections. All cities and counties in California use non-partisan elections. Rutten advocates partisan elections for … Continue reading
It is likely, but not certain, that the U.S. Supreme Court will reveal on March 9 whether it will hear Brewer v Nader, 08-648, the case in which Arizona is trying to reverse the 9th circuit decision that struck down … Continue reading
