On March 31, the Seventh Circuit held oral argument in Common Cause of Indiana v Individual Members of the Election Commission, 14-3300. The issue is the Indiana law that says for Indianapolis (Marion County), but no other county, the partisan … Continue reading
Utah Republican Party officials, including the state chair, say they are thinking of setting up procedures to interview individuals who want to appear on Republican primary ballots. See this story. … Continue reading
In March 2015, South Dakota made its ballot access laws worse. SB 69 moved the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from March 29 to March 1; said no one can independent candidate petitions if they are registered into a qualified … Continue reading
On April 18, the Arizona State Republican Executive Committee defeated a proposal to try to stop independent voters from voting in Republican primaries. State law says independents may vote in any party’s primary. Some Republican Party officers had urged the … Continue reading
Fox and Hounds Daily, a prominent California politics blog, has this commentary by Richard Winger on California AB 372, the bill to require write-in candidates in the primary to pay a large filing fee if they get enough votes to … Continue reading
