Dmitri Evseev has had an article published in the Boston University Law Review, on the mediocre job the US Supreme Court has done in cases involving minor political parties. The article is in the Dec. 2005 issue and can be … Continue reading
On January 10, the 6th circuit dismissed Ralph Nader’s Michigan ballot access case for procedure reasons. Nader v Land, 04-2428. In 2004, the Reform Party was on the ballot in Michigan. Even though the national convention of the Reform Party … Continue reading
Richard Winger will be out of the U.S. between January 8-17, so this site is likely to be dormant for those days.
The Pennsylvania House State Government Committee will hold an informal hearing on January 11, Wednesday, to get a consensus on a bill improving ballot access.
Texas requires new political parties to notify the state on January 2 of an election year, if they plan to petition that year. This year, the Green, Constitution and Reform Parties all filed the notice. Petitioning itself would be carried … Continue reading
The New Mexico Secretary of State, Rebecca Vigil-Giron, a Democrat, will ask the legislature to move the minor party nominee petition deadline from mid-July to early June, when the New Mexico legislature convenes on January 17. In 2005, she persuaded … Continue reading