At the November 7, 2006 election, each political party received this number of votes for the top office on the ballot: Democratic 40,264,560 (49.28%); Republican 37,379,872 (45.75%), Green 949,185 (1.16%), Libertarian 778,395 (.95%), Constitution 193,063 (.24%), Reform 97,677 (.12%), other … Continue reading
Every year starting in 1992, the paper edition of Ballot Access News has carried a chart showing how many registered voters there are in each party, in each state. These charts have been prepared only in even-numbered years (usually twice). … Continue reading
Most states enable a group that is not yet a qualified party, but which wants to become a qualified party, to circulate a petition that has the sole function of qualifying that group as a party. Such petitions are commonly … Continue reading
HR 5388, the bill in Congress to give the District of Columbia a member of the U.S. House, and also to temporarily expand the size of the House so that Utah gets a fourth seat, is considered likely to pass … Continue reading
On November 21, the New Hampshire State Supreme Court upheld New Hampshire’s ballot access laws. The case is Libertarian Party v State of New Hampshire, 2005-0606. The outcome is very disappointing, since at oral argument, it had seemed that the … Continue reading
