On April 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Nader v Nago, 10-728, the Hawaii ballot access case. This is the case, filed in 2004, that challenges the number of signatures for an independent presidential candidate in … Continue reading
On March 16, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman signed LB 399. It eliminates the county distribution requirement for statewide non-presidential independent candidate petitions. This appears to be the first ballot access improvement bill that has passed in any state in 2011. … Continue reading
On the evening of March 16, the Oklahoma House passed HB 1615, which moves the primary (for office other than President) from July to June, and which also moves the deadline for the petition to create a ballot-qualified party to … Continue reading
The National Popular Vote Bill in Oklahoma, SB 841, will not pass this year. Even though it passed the Rules Committee, it never got a vote on the Senate floor. All Senate bills that have not passed the Senate yet … Continue reading
The Massachusetts Joint Election Laws Committee will hear HB 1830 and SB 13 on March 23, Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m. These are identical bills to increase the number of signatures for a statewide initiative from 3% of the last gubernatorial … Continue reading
