The State Journal-Register, the daily newspaper for Springfield, Illinois, is running a three-part series on Illinois ballot access laws as they affect each of three particular parties. Here is the March 27 article, about the Green Party. Here is the … Continue reading
March 27, Tuesday, is the first day for which it is legal for Illinois minor party and independent candidate petitions to circulate. As far as is known, only the Libertarian Party will attempt to petition. Illinois is one of only … Continue reading
The Albuquerque Journal has this op-ed by JoHanna Cox, Republican candidate for New Mexico Secretary of State. The piece criticizes the incumbent Secretary of State, a Democrat, for saying she intends to restore the straight-ticket device even though there is … Continue reading
On March 22, California State Senator Ben Allen introduced SCA 21. It says that write-in candidates for a partisan office in the primary cannot advance to the general election, even if they place second, unless they receive at least 65 … Continue reading
California lets candidates for congress and state partisan office pay to have statements in pamphlets that are mailed by the government to all registered voters. Statewide candidate statements go in the Voters Pamphlet, which is prepared by the Secretary of … Continue reading
