A new party in Oregon, called the Independent Party, turned in approximately 26,000 signatures on December 6, 2006. The state will know if the party has enough valid signatures by January 20, 2007 or so. The Independent Party seems to … Continue reading
Libertarian Party Organization v Clingman, the ballot access case filed by the Oklahoma Libertarian Party in 2004, has moved a baby step closer to resolution. It is pending in the State Court of Appeals. That Court has just assigned the … Continue reading
In 2002, the Missouri Clean Water Commission was expanded from 6 members to 7 members. Unchanged at that time was an earlier law, that no more than 3 members of any political party sit on that Commission. Recently the Sierra … Continue reading
On December 26, a challenge was filed to the petitions submitted to place Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on the ballot. Chicago requires 12,500 signatures for anyone to get on the ballot in any citywide race. The elections have been … Continue reading
Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed plans to ask the legislature to revise Washington state procedures for ballot access for unqualified parties and independent candidates. Currently, Washington state has a peculiar system that requires “conventions” of specified minimum numbers of … Continue reading
