This editorial from the Fort Wayne, Indiana, News-Sentinel, is a remarkably well-informed attack on Indiana’s ballot access laws. One point the editorial could have made, and didn’t, is that no one has successfully completed a statewide independent or minor petition … Continue reading
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A U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, will hear the Libertarian Party’s ballot access case on July 14, at 10 a.m. The issue is whether the party is a qualified party. The hearing will be before Judge Edmund Sargus. The … Continue reading
The New Hampshire Libertarian Party’s original statewide petition has enough valid signatures on it for the presidential stand-in candidate (George Phillies), and also for the party’s U.S. Senate nominee, Ken Blevens. The party is still short approximately 1,000 signatures for … Continue reading
On June 19, the Massachusetts ACLU agreed to represent the Libertarian Party in court, over the failure of the Massachusetts Secretary of State to let the Libertarian Party substitute its actual presidential candidate, Bob Barr, for the party’s stand-in presidential … Continue reading
On June 19, a Maine hearing officer issued an opinion that Herbert J. Hoffman has enough valid signatures and should be listed on the November ballot. He is the only independent candidate on the ballot for Maine’s U.S. Senate election … Continue reading