In 2016, the Nebraska legislature increased the non-presidential independent petition requirement from 4,000 signatures to 10% of the number of registered voters. Except in Ballot Access News, that change got no publicity. Now, however, the Associated Press has published a … Continue reading
On September 14, the California Assembly passed SB 149, which requires presidential primary candidates to reveal their income tax returns. The vote was 54-23. Although it had already passed the Senate, it must return there because the two houses passed … Continue reading
On September 8, North Carolina’s Attorney General filed this brief in Crowell v Bipartisan State Board of Elections, m.d., 1:17cv-515. This is the case that challenges the North Carolina policy that will never permit an independent voter to be a … Continue reading
On September 10, the New York Times ran an article mentioning that Donald J. Trump sought the Reform Party nomination in 2000, for a while. He entered two Reform Party presidential primaries, in California and Michigan, and won both of … Continue reading
The Red Dirt Report here describes the process by which the Oklahoma Libertarian Party is deciding whether to let independents vote in the 2018 Libertarian primary. The final decision will be made on October 7. Back in 2000, the Oklahoma … Continue reading
