On March 25, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 445. It moves the primary for all offices, in presidential years, from May to March. It also moves the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from January to September of the year … Continue reading
Montana Representative Denise Hayman (D-Bozeman), the Democratic Party Whip, has introduced HB 647. It would increase the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 5,000 signatures to 5% of the vote cast for the winning gubernatorial candidate. It would … Continue reading
Joe Mathews, a California journalist and social activist, here writes that the California requirement for independent presidential candidates is too difficult. His commentary appears in Fox & Hounds. … Continue reading
The California legislature is currently considering SB 27, which says that candidates may not appear on a presidential primary ballot if they have not released their income tax returns for the last five years. The California Constitution, Article II, sec. … Continue reading
Don Blankenship will speak at the national committee meeting of the Constitution Party, set for May 4 in Milwaukee. Blankenship was formerly CEO of Massey Energy, and he was the Constitution Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in West Virginia in … Continue reading
