Three statewide minor party or independent petitions that seem to lack the required 15,000 signatures were submitted in New York this year. The petitions of the Right to Life and Voice of People groups have already been rejected. The New … Continue reading
The challenge process for the Pennsylvania Green Party statewide petition is finally over. The tally is 58,139 valid signatures. This is more valid signatures than any other minor party or independent candidate collected anywhere in the U.S. this year, except … Continue reading
On September 11, a lower state court in Nebraska ruled that if a party holds a primary for a particular office and no one runs in it, later that same party can nominate someone by convention. The Democratic Party won … Continue reading
For the first time in decades, fusion will occur this year between a major party and a minor party in Delaware. Barbara Lifflander, a member of the Independent Party, won the Democratic primary for State Representative, District 41. Therefore, she … Continue reading
On September 22, Washington state officials said they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the 9th circuit’s decision that outlawed the “top-two” primary. The 9th circuit had ruled on August 23, and had said that since Washington state … Continue reading
