The Institute for Political Innovation has launched an initiative for a top-four system in Missouri. See this story. Like the other initiatives, this one makes it far more difficult for a party to attain or keep qualified status. By eliminating … Continue reading
Ballot Access News November 2021 – Volume 37, Number 6 This issue was printed on pink paper. Table of Contents FORDHAM LAW PUBLISHES DATA ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BALLOT ACCESS AND CROWDED BALLOTS CALIFORNIA BALLOT ACCESS BILL VETOED BOOK REVIEW: FORWARD: … Continue reading
Activists in New York state have found a state legislator willing to introduce a bill in early 2022 to restore the old, more tolerant petition requirement and old definition of a qualified political party. Of course efforts will now be … Continue reading
On November 23, a Pennsylvania state court judge acquitted Jake Towne of charges related to a forged sheet of ballot access petitions from the 2018 election. Towne was a Libertarian nominee for state legislature in 2018. Leaders of both major … Continue reading
The new German government has a majority in parliament, after the Social Democratic, Green, and Free Democratic Parties agreed to a coalition. The Free Democratic Party is sometimes referred to as Germany’s version of the Libertarian Party. Thanks to Political … Continue reading
