On January 23, the Democratic National Committee said the 2016 national convention will be July 25-28, 2016. This is good news for proponents of improved general election presidential and vice-presidential debates. In 2016, for the first time since 1960, both … Continue reading
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
