The MinnPost, a free alternative weekly in Minneapolis, has a lengthy story about the bills to change the definition of a ballot-qualified party from a group that got 5% for a statewide race at either of the last two elections, … Continue reading
Ballot Access News March 2023 – Volume 38, Number 10 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents DELAWARE WILL NO LONGER DEFEND ITS BAN ON MINOR PARTY AND INDEPENDENT JUDGES MISSISSIPPI INITIATIVE MAY BE RESTORED BALLOT ACCESS … Continue reading
On March 21, the New Hampshire Senate Election Laws & Municipal Affairs Committee passed CACR9. It is a proposed constitutional amendment to say that New Hampshire shall hold the nation’s earliest presidential primary in each presidential election year. If the … Continue reading
Illinois Senator Julie A. Morrison (D-Deerfield) has introduced SB 2306, to move the petition filing deadline for primary candidates from 106 days before the primary, to 134 days before the primary. Illinois primaries for all federal and state office are … Continue reading
On March 22, the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion in Gill v Linnabary, 22-1653. This is the challenge to the petition requirement for independent candidates for U.S. House in Illinois. The law requires a petition of 5% of the last … Continue reading
