On May 16, Americans Elect submitted its ballot access petition in Alaska. The petition, if approved, will mean that Americans Elect is a limited political party in Alaska for 2012. A limited political party is one that is only on … Continue reading
On May 18, the Ohio House passed one of the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bills, HB 194. The bill is apparently an attempt to repair the old law for minor party ballot access, because the old law was … Continue reading
On May 18, the Oklahoma Senate passed SB 91 by a vote of 41-3. This is the bill to require birth certificates to be submitted for presidential candidates. The bill had passed both houses already, but then it went to … Continue reading
On May 18, the Arkansas Libertarian Party submitted approximately 16,000 signatures to become a qualified party in Arkansas for the first time. The law requires 10,000. The party held a press conference; see this story. … Continue reading
On May 17, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed SB 31, which provides explicitly that write-in votes can be valid even when the voter didn’t spell the candidate’s name correctly.
