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On March 17, the Montana Democratic Party asked the state Commissioner of Political Practice to investigate who paid the professional petitoiners who got the Green Party on the ballot earlier this year. See this story. … Continue reading
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Several dozen Massachusetts candidates for U.S. House are asking the Secretary of State for relief of petition requirements. Candidates for U.S. House need 2,000 signatures of party members or independent voters. Some of those asking for relief are incumbents. See … Continue reading
Various Republican and Democratic Party primary candidates have called on the Florida government to ease the number of signatures in lieu of filing fee, or at least extend the deadline. See this story. … Continue reading
Illinois has no party petition procedure. It only has candidate petitions. There are no qualified third parties in Illinois currently. But Illinois does permit presidential and vice-presidential stand-ins on the candidate petition, so that parties can get started before they … Continue reading
On March 17, Maryland said it is changing the date of its primaries from April 28 to June 2. That includes the presidential primary and the primary for all other partisan office. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for … Continue reading