A U.S. District Court will hold a status conference on Monday, October 17, at 10 a.m., over the Libertarian Party’s ballot access case. On September 7 the same judge had enjoined enforcement of Ohio’s ballot access requirements for new parties, … Continue reading
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On October 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th circuit, upheld North Carolina’s ballot access requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House. The law requires signatures equal to 4% of the number of registered voters, or approximately 20,000 valid signatures … Continue reading
Louisiana holds a gubernatorial election later this month. Ten candidates are on the ballot, including one Republican, four Democrats, one Libertarian, and four independent candidates. According to this poll, sponsored by WWL-TV, all four Democrats combined are only polling 10% … Continue reading
In the last few days, Americans Elect has begun circulating the petition for party status in Montana, which requires 5,000 valid signatures. Americans Elect is also working to organize itself in Mississippi and Vermont, two states in which no petition … Continue reading
At the October 7 Ontario Legislative Assembly election, the share of the popular vote for each party is: Liberal 37.5%, Progressive Conservative 35.3%, New Democratic 23%, Green 3%, others .5%. These results, like so many other Canadian and British election … Continue reading