Texas Representative Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) has introduced HB 4439, which eases ballot access for independent candidates and minor parties. The statewide petition for independent candidates and new parties would be exactly 10,000 signatures. … Continue reading
Stevan Shepard has this interesting article at Politico, about the difficulty pollsters have with the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential race. Because entry to the party-sponsored debates depends on candidates polling at least 1%, pollsters feel a moral obligation … Continue reading
The Clerk of the U.S. House has just electronically published Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2018. See it here. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. … Continue reading
On March 11, Alaska Representative Ivy Spohnholz (D-Anchorage) introduced HB 90. It eases the number of registrations needed for a group to be a qualified political party, to exactly 5,000. Currently the registration test is 3% of the last vote … Continue reading
On March 11, the New Mexico Senate Rules Committee passed HB 407, the omnibus election law bill. Among other provisions, it lowers the number of signatures for independent candidates. The bill has already passed the House. Thanks to Rick Lass … Continue reading
