As has been reported earlier, Stephen Colbert is not on the ballot in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, but he holds himself out as a candidate in that primary. Write-ins are not allowed, so Colbert is asking his voters … Continue reading
On January 19, the Arkansas Secretary of State said that the Green Party has enough valid signatures on its petition. 10,000 were needed, and the party had submitted 14,000. Arkansas will now have four ballot-qualified parties on its 2012 ballot. … Continue reading
On January 19, the 9th circuit upheld the Washington state “top-two” system. Here is the decision. The part of the decision about ballot access is very short. It quotes the dicta from the U.S. Supreme Court decision Munro v Socialist … Continue reading
According to this story, several Republican Party town organizations in Rhode Island are working together to collect signatures for all presidential candidates that the party recognizes. Candidates need 1,000 signatures, to be collected in two weeks in the winter. Any … Continue reading
Petitioning in Virginia for minor party and independent candidates for President and both houses of Congress cannot begin until Virginia U.S. House boundaries are known. This is because statewide petitions have a distribution requirement; they need 400 signatures from each … Continue reading
