Kentucky requires candidates for state office who are running outside the qualified parties to file a declaration of candidacy by April 1. This year, only one minor party candidate, and three independent candidates, filed for the state legislature (which is … Continue reading
Saskatchewan held a provincial election on April 4, 2016. All the seats were won by either the Saskatchewan Party or the New Democratic Party. Six parties participated, but the Liberals only won 3.6% of the popular vote (even though it … Continue reading
The New York Times of April 5 has this somewhat lengthy story about the Libertarian Party’s role in this year’s presidential election, with most of the focus on Gary Johnson. As noted here before, in the past, the New York … Continue reading
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
