The Kansas Green Party’s Facebook page says the party will attempt to collect 21,112 valid signatures to become a qualified party. This represents 2% of the last gubernatorial vote. The law requires that the petition be completed within six months. … Continue reading
SAM (Serve America Movement) is a new political party that recently won qualified status for itself in New York. Its platform no longer includes any endorsement of a top-two system. Here is the new platform language concerning ballot access. Previously, … Continue reading
Now that Maine has used ranked choice voting for a federal election, it seems likely that Massachusetts will be the second such state. A well-organized group, Voter Choice Massachusetts, is already organizing to support a bill in the legislature, and … Continue reading
On December 12, the Michigan House passed HB 6595, which makes it much more difficult to get statewide initiatives on the ballot. It would provide that no more than 15% of the signatures could come from any particular U.S. House … Continue reading
On December 12, the North Carolina legislature reversed itself, and passed a bill providing that if a new election is held in the U.S. House 9th district race, new primaries will also be held. This means that the Green and … Continue reading
