The Kentucky Senate State and Local Government Committee holds a hearing on Wednesday, January 13, on SB 53. The bill requires political parties that hold primaries to let independent voters vote in those primaries. In Kentucky, only parties that polled … Continue reading
Gregg Jocoy has this eye-witness account of the oral argument in the South Carolina Supreme Court in the Green Party’s ballot access case. It is posted at Green Party Watch. … Continue reading
New Hampshire is one of four states that has recently refused to let an unqualified party circulate a petition for a presidential candidate, using a stand-in. The other states are Maine, Massachusetts, and Alabama. The Libertarian Party sued New Hampshire … Continue reading
The January 8 issue of the Glenwood, Colorado Post Independent has this editorial in support of a bill in the Colorado legislature to ease the prior disaffiliation law for independent candidate ballot access. Colorado does not let an independent candidate … Continue reading
Several Washington state representatives have introduced HB 2418, which says that every initiative and referendum petition sheet must say at the top, “Signature petitions are public documents. By signing this document, your name, address, and signature may be released as … Continue reading
