On January 3, 2007, New York State Senator John Defrancisco (R-Staten Island) introduced S29, which cuts the number of signatures in half, for all types of ballot access petitions. So far the bill has not made any headway, but the … Continue reading
On April 12, a 7-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled 4-3 that a group of voters may proceed with a lawsuit, challenging the use of Electronic Vote-Counting machines that leave no paper trail. Banfield v Cortes, 442 MD … Continue reading
The voters of Georgia’s 10th congressional district will choose a new member of the House on June 19. Anyone who pays a filing fee of $4,950 will appear on the June 19 ballot, with a party label of his or … Continue reading
On April 12, two members of Unity08’s Rules Committee participated in an on-line question and answer session. The transcript is already posted by an independent web site, Political State Report, and can be seen here, along with remarks by the … Continue reading
Ballot Access News has just faxed a letter to Missouri Representative Theodore Hoskins, sponsor of HB894, which would require all minor party and independent candidates to file a declaration of candidacy in March of election years. The text of the … Continue reading
