According to this story, Minnesota Independence Party leaders would rather not run anyone for U.S. Senate in 2012, and instead concentrate on recruiting strong candidates for the state legislature. Fortunately for the party, it successfully lobbied a few years ago … Continue reading
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On November 10, the Arkansas Secretary of State said that the Americans Elect ballot access petition has enough valid signatures. Americans Elect used the easy petition in Arkansas, the one that only requires 1,000 valid signatures and which only puts … Continue reading
On October 24, independent legislative candidate Michael Osborne filed a lawsuit against the Virginia Republican Party, arguing that the Virginia Constitution requires that if independent candidate petitions must be checked, then petitions to place someone on a party primary ballot … Continue reading
The Americans Elect web page now says that 2,008,069 signatures have been obtained on ballot access petitions around the nation. Last week’s total had been 1,938,465, which shows that 69,604 have been gathered in the last week. That represents an … Continue reading
According to this story, local election officials in New York are finding that many more write-in votes are being cast, now that the state has finally stopped using mechanical voting machines. Instead, New York voters mostly now use paper ballots, … Continue reading