On March 2, the New York State Senate passed SB 6604 by 34-26. It combines the congressional primary with the primary for state and local office, and sets that primary date on the third Tuesday of August. This year, that … Continue reading
Mississippi will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the State Supreme Court putting Willie Wilson on the Democratic presidential primary ballot. Also the state is sending revised ballots, containing Wilson’s name, to the overseas absentee … Continue reading
The Independent Party is entitled to nominate by primary, the first party in Oregon to have a government-adminstered primary since the Progressive Party had one in 1914. Oregon election officials plan to also provide the party with a presidential primary. … Continue reading
In 2014, Ohio Republican Governor John Kasich was running for re-election. His campaign spent $592,000 on legal bills in a successful effort to keep the Libertarian Party from having a gubernatorial candidate on the ballot. The Kasich campaign did not … Continue reading
The Rock Island Argus, a daily newspaper in Illinois, editorializes here that the recent federal court decision invalidating one Illinois ballot access restriction may be just the beginning of improvements in that state’s ballot access laws. Illinois badly needs ballot … Continue reading
