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Law Professor Rick Pildes has this essay in the Washington Post, recommending that Congress would work better if the campaign finance laws were reformed to strengthen political parties. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
HR 20, the bill in Congress for public funding of congressional campaigns, has 128 sponsors so far, including one Republican, Walter B. Jones of North Carolina. Here is a list of the sponsors. Scroll down. The list changes daily; this … Continue reading
New Mexico Representative Edward Sandoval (D-Albuquerque) has introduced HB 328, which moves the petition deadline for a newly-qualifying party from April to late July. The bill exists because last year, the April petition was struck down. HB 328 expresses the … Continue reading
The Hill has this article, giving more detail about H.R. 20, the bill introduced yesterday for public funding of congressional campaigns. The text of the bill will be made available inside this blog post when possible. … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in both houses of the Tennessee legislature to return Tennessee to its pre-1961 ballot access rules for new and minor parties. As was the case before 1961, parties could be recognized if they filed paperwork identifying … Continue reading