Illinois HB 6214 lowers the number of signatures for independent candidates. On March 15, the House Executive Committee sent it to the Rules Committee. It had already been in the Rules Committee once before, and then it had gone to … Continue reading
New Hampshire HB 1188, which lowers the number of signatures for candidates to get on the November ballot, has been tabled in the House, even though it had passed the Election Law Committee on February 16. New Hampshire activists are … Continue reading
The Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments in South Carolina Green Party v South Carolina Election Commission on May 11, at 8:45 a.m. This is the case over whether, when a candidate is nominated at the convention of a ballot-qualified … Continue reading
On March 15, the 5th circuit refused to rehear Libertarian Party v Dardenne, 09-30307. Earlier the 5th circuit had ruled that the dispute is moot. Oddly, though, another panel of the 5th circuit had ruled a few weeks earlier that … Continue reading
Montana has four ballot-qualified parties: Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican. All four nominate by primary. Filing for the June 2010 primaries closed on March 15. The Libertarian Party has a candidate for the only statewide office on the ballot, U.S. … Continue reading
