On Monday, March 5, the Colorado Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee will hear SB 83. It gives qualified minor parties more freedom to nominate whom they wish (current law won’t let them nominate someone who was a member … Continue reading
On March 2, Arkansas Representative Dan Greenberg (R-Little Rock) introduced two ballot access bills at the request of the Secretary of State. The first bill, HB 2367, is wholly beneficial. It sets up procedures for independent presidential candidates to get … Continue reading
On March 1, the 11th circuit (headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia) ruled that the Reform Party’s lawsuit to avoid repaying $333,558 to the Federal Election Commission cannot possibly succeed, because only the federal courts in the District of Columbia can entertain … Continue reading
It has been three days since the Oklahoma State Court of Appeals upheld the state’s ballot access laws for new and previously unqualified parties, and the daily newspapers in Oklahoma still have not mentioned the decision. One would have thought … Continue reading
On February 27, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee held a hearing on H185, the bill to switch Idaho from an open primary state, to a closed primary state. The bill would institute registration by party. Parties would be free … Continue reading
