The Rockford Register Star has this editorial, asking the Illinois legislature to ease ballot access. … Continue reading
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Four New Hampshire State House members have introduced HB 143, to restore the straight-ticket device that was repealed in 2007. The sponsors are Jeanine Nutter (R-Merrimack), Lenette Peterson (R-Merrimack), Don LeBrun (R-Nashua), and Frederick Rice (R-Concord). The bill would not … Continue reading
Ron Fournier has this essay in National Journal. Near the bottom, he suggests reasons why a new major political party in the U.S. is not entirely implausible. Fournier is the former Associated Press Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief, and now writes … Continue reading
The November 2012 election returns for state legislative candidates reveal that the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties each had a handful of state legislative nominees who polled at least 30% of the vote. For the Constitution Party, the only legislative … Continue reading
In the November 2012 election, the Colorado Libertarian Party was the only party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, to place its own member-nominees for the legislature on the ballot in a majority of contests. Colorado had twenty State … Continue reading