On May 15, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed SB 323. It roughly doubles all the candidate filing fees. This means the filing fee for independent presidential candidates, and the presidential nominees of unqualified parties, will be $35,000 in 2020, unless … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Arizona is one of a handful of states that requires more signatures for an independent presidential candidate, than for an entire newly-qualifying party. The only other such states are Florida, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas. In 2016, Arizona required 35,514 … Continue reading
On May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed that at its May 11 conference, it had refused to hear all four election law cases that were before it. It refused to hear Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 16-1034, thus … Continue reading
Earlier this year, two Arizona bills to make it more difficult for initiatives to get on the ballot were signed into law. HB 2404 outlaws paying circulators on a per-signature basis, and HB 2244 says initiatives should not get on … Continue reading
At the June 1972 election, California voters passed Proposition 4. It amended the California Constitution, Article II, section 5, concerning the presidential primary. It has never been altered and is in the Constitution today. It requires the legislature to “provide … Continue reading