Ballot Access News — July 1, 2011 Ballot Access News July 1, 2011 – Volume 27, Number 2 This issue was originally printed on cream paper. Table of Contents U.S. SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO HEAR CONNECTICUT PUBLIC FUNDING CASE OTHER … Continue reading
Michael Lind has this essay at Salon. He suggests that proportional representation would be good for the United States, but then concludes that a nation that still hasn’t switched wholly to the metric system is unlikely to switch to proportional … Continue reading
On August 9, the Ohio Libertarian Party filed a new ballot access lawsuit in U.S. District Court, called Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, southern district, 2:11-722. Here is the complaint. The party charges that the new ballot access law, … Continue reading
Kansas has registration by party, but the Kansas voter registration form does not have a blank line in which a voter can write in a party. The form mentions the qualified parties, so a voter in Kansas is forced to … Continue reading
On August 8, the Los Angeles County Libertarian Party filed this brief in the 9th circuit, in the case that challenges California election laws that make it illegal for anyone to circulate a petition to place a candidate on the … Continue reading
