Only six states still print the candidates for presidential elector on November ballots. The most populous of these six states is Arizona, which has ten electoral votes. Arizona Senator Jack W. Harper (R-Surprise) has introduced SB 1024, which provides that … Continue reading
Earlier this month, the Nevada Green Party turned in signatures so that its gubernatorial candidate, David Scott Curtis, can be on the November 2010 ballot as a Green Party nominee. Nevada has a very strange procedure for parties to get … Continue reading
On February 19, the 5th circuit asked Louisiana to respond to the Libertarian Party’s latest brief, in the case filed in 2008 over whether Bob Barr should have been on the ballot for President. The party had lost the case … Continue reading
On February 11, the Hawaii House passed HB 2397 unanimously. It moves the primary from mid-September to the second Saturday in August. However, the bill was amended, so that it does not go into effect until 2011. This is good … Continue reading
The Connecticut Joint Government Administration & Elections Committee will hear two bills on February 22 that change the rules for public funding of candidates. HB 5021, sponsored by Governor Jodi Rell, repeals the parts of the public funding law that … Continue reading
