On July 5, the Arizona deadline for submitting initiative petitions, proponents of the top-two open primary filed 365,486 signatures. The requirement is 259,213 signatures. The measure will have enough valid signatures if 71% or more of the signatures are valid. … Continue reading
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On July 5, Wayne Stenehjem ruled that Roland Riemers may not appear on the November ballot as the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor, even though he was nominated at the party’s primary last month. North Dakota elects Governors and Lieutenant … Continue reading
Krist Novoselic, chair of FairVote, will be on the Rachel Maddow show Thursday evening, July 5, to talk about Proportional Representation and other election reforms that are widely used throughout the world but which are still little-known in the United … Continue reading
Louisiana defines “political party” as a group that obtains at least 1,000 registered voters. At the point at which a group attains that many registrations, it then must also pay a fee of $1,000. It is then a qualified party, … Continue reading
Recently, the North Carolina State Board of Elections told an independent candidate that he may help complete his petition with electronic signatures. Omar Beasley, a candidate for Durham County Commissioner, needed 7,437 valid signatures by June to get on the … Continue reading