On January 29, two New Mexico legislators introduced a complete re-write of the Election Code. Among many other provisions, HB 407 lowers the number of signatures for independent candidates. The existing law requires a petition of 3% of the last … Continue reading
New Hampshire Representative Ellen Read (D-Rockingham County) and five others have introduced HB 728, which would provide that all federal and state primaries and elections should use ranked choice voting. … Continue reading
On January 28, the Arkansas House unanimously passed HB 1152, which moves the non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline from March to May. However the law would still require independents to file a declaration of candidacy in March. This bill exists … Continue reading
On January 30, the Arkansas Senate passed SB 163 by a vote of 27-7. It raises the number of signatures needed for a newly-qualifying party from 10,000 signatures to 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, which would be almost 27,000 … Continue reading
On January 30, the Maryland Libertarian Party filed this reply brief in Johnston v Lamone, 1:18cv-3988. This is the case on whether it is constitutional to force an unqualified party that has over 10,000 registered members to submit a petition … Continue reading
