The South Dakota Senate State Affairs was to have considered SB 69 on Friday, January 23, but has put off the hearing until next week. The bill, as originally introduced, moves the petition for a newly-qualifying party from March to … Continue reading
As already noted, a bill to improve Oklahoma ballot access was introduced recently in the State Senate. Now there are two even better bills introduced in the House. HB 2181, by Speaker of the House Jeffrey Hickman (R-Fairview), would lower … Continue reading
Six Georgia State House members have introduced HB 58, which lowers minor party and independent petitions for district and county office. The bill lowers these petitions from 5% of the number of registered voters, to 2% of the last vote … Continue reading
On January 22, the sponsors of the upcoming British election debates said they will invite seven parties into two of those debates. See this story. The Green Party had been fighting this battle for several months, and now it appears … Continue reading
On January 21, the supporters of Maine’s program for public funding of campaigns submitted 85,000 signatures for their statewide initiative to expand the public funding program. See this story. Assuming the initiative gets on the ballot, it will have a … Continue reading
