On February 24, the Alabama Republican Party state committee voted to prevent two particular individuals from running in Republican primaries this year. See this story. One of them was rejected because he had had an earlier association with the Constitution … Continue reading
Ballot Access News February 1, 2018 – Volume 33, Number 9 This issue was printed on gray paper. Table of Contents BILLS TO EASE BALLOT ACCESS PENDING IN ELEVEN STATES MAINE REFERENDUM TO SAVE RANKED CHOICE VOTING VIRGINIA WIN PENNSYLVANIA … Continue reading
M. Francis Mirro has written this op-ed for the Albany Student Press, one of the nation’s oldest university newspapers. The Albany Student Press was founded in 1916, and is published at the State University of New York in Albany. Mirro … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this story about the California top-two system and how it may deprive the Democratic Party of winning U.S. House seats in the 39th and 49th districts, even though in a standard election system, Democrats would … Continue reading
On February 23, the South Dakota House passed HB 1286, in an amended version that is very different from the original bill. It lowers the petition to create a new party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1% … Continue reading
