On February 16, the Colorado Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee voted 4-1 to postpone consideration of SB23-101 indefinitely. This is the bill that would have eliminated the ability of qualified minor parties to make nominations in convention.
Indiana Representative Ryan Dvorak (D-South Bend) has introduced HB 1632, to ease the petition requirements for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. They would go from 2% of the last vote for Secretary of State, to 250 signatures, … Continue reading
New Mexico Representatives Kathleen Cates (D-Rio Rancho) and Jason Harper (R-Rio Rancho) have introduced HB 347. It eases petition requirements for the nominees of qualified parties, and independent candidates, and candidates running in a major party primary. Current independent petition … Continue reading
On February 16, it was revealed that California Congressmember Barbara Lee has filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for U.S. Senate from California in 2024. Already two other California Democrats had declared for that seat, Adam Schiff and … Continue reading
At the November 2022 election, there were 56 minor party and independent candidates for federal or state office who received more votes than the margin of victory, according to Ballotpedia. Most of the candidates were running for state legislature. See … Continue reading
