On April 4, the Tennessee House Local Government Committee passed HB 662. It had previously passed a subcommittee on March 28. It lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote (33,816 signatures) … Continue reading
The Connecticut House Government Administration & Election Committee has introduced HB 7163. It repeals the restriction on out-of-state petitioners. The restriction was declared unconstitutional last year in a Libertarian Party lawsuit in federal court. … Continue reading
Law Professor Derek T. Muller has this op-ed in the New York Times, explaining all the policy reasons why states should not use ballot access restrictions to force presidential candidates to reveal their income tax returns. … Continue reading
On March 31, the Eleventh Circuit denied Georgia’s request for a rehearing in Green Party of Georgia v Kemp, 16-15880. This is the case filed in 2012 by the Green Party and the Constitution Party, against the requirement that their … Continue reading
On April 3, the Maryland House unanimously passed HB 529. It lowers the number of signatures for statewide independent candidates from 1% of the number of registered voters (over 40,000) to exactly 10,000. The bill now goes to the Governor. … Continue reading
