Doug McNeil of Baltimore, Maryland, died on April 2. He was Maryland’s leading force for ballot access improvement during the last thirty years. Before 1998, Maryland had the nation’s second-worst ballot access laws for minor party and independent candidates, for … Continue reading
On April 4, the Utah Supreme Court heard arguments in the Republican Party’s lawsuit over how it should nominate candidates. The state law seems to say that candidates seeking the nomination of a qualified party who don’t have much support … Continue reading
Steve Grantham of San Diego has announced plans to create a “Trump Party” and get it on the ballot. The article seems to say the goal is to get it on the ballot in 2018. However, it is not too … Continue reading
On April 4, the U.S. Supreme Court issued this unanimous opinion in Evenwel v Abbott, 14-940. The case had been filed by some Texas voters who argued that the U.S. Constitution requires that state legislative districts should be based on … Continue reading
According to this story, Indiana State Representative Jeff Ellington says he expects to introduce a bill in 2017 to ease Indiana ballot access. Presumably he intends to improve both primary ballot access and general election ballot access. No statewide general … Continue reading
