On March 5, the South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee passed HB 1286. It makes some ballot access improvements but also throws some new impediments into the process. It moves the non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline from April to June … Continue reading
On March 5, the Montana Green Party submitted its petition for party status. See this story. The Green Party hasn’t been a qualified party in Montana since 2004. Jill Stein was on the ballot in 2016, but she used the … Continue reading
The bill approved by the Indiana Senate to allow anyone to vote absentee, whether they are incapable of going to the polls on election day or not, has died in the House. House inaction also killed another bill, to set … Continue reading
On March 5, the North Carolina State Court of Appeals issued a ruling over the issue of the make-up of the State Board of Elections. See this story. The story also reveals that Governor Roy Cooper will let HB 90 … Continue reading
On March 5, attorneys for the California Secretary of State notified the U.S. Supreme Court that they don’t intend to respond to the cert petition filed last month by the Independent Party. Of course if the Court asked them to, … Continue reading
