The Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, has finished preparing a massive 252-page bill of election law revisions. The draft includes a substantial easing of ballot access for new and previously unqualified political parties. It lowers the petition to one-fourth … Continue reading
Alaska releases updated information on the number of registered voters in each party every month. The August 4 tally is available here. The only parties which gained between the July 3 tally and the August 3 tally are the Libertarian … Continue reading
Idaho is one of the thirteen states that gives state income taxpayers a chance to send a small donation to a political party, via the tax return. The tax returns that have come in this spring reveal that the 4 … Continue reading
August 4 is the first day for Illinois residents who want to run for federal and state office in the 2010 primary to begin petitioning. Illinois requires all candidates running in a partisan primary, for federal and state office, to … Continue reading
The Tennessee Libertarian, Constitution and Green Parties filed a lawsuit against that state’s ballot access laws for minor parties back in January 2008. The suit has been snarled in procedural delays for some time, but now meaningful conversations between attorneys … Continue reading
