Pope Francis I recently said, “Perhaps public financing would allow for me, the citizen, to know that I’m financing each candidate with a given amount of money.” He made other remarks that show he is worried that when campaigns are … Continue reading
On March 12, four Alabama State Senators introduced a bill to ease ballot access. The bill, SB 221, lowers the number of signatures for independent candidates, and newly-qualifying parties, from 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, to 1.5%. That change … Continue reading
On March 11, the Arizona Senate Government Committee passed HB 2608 by a vote of 4-3. It makes it substantially more difficult for members of small qualified parties to get on their own party’s primary ballot. All Republicans voted “yes” … Continue reading
Currently, Massachusetts has a March presidential primary and a primary for other office in early September. Representative James Dwyer (D-Woburn) has introduced HB 551, which combines both primaries and puts them in June. The bill would not affect the deadline … Continue reading
Here is the brief filed by the D-R Party in the lawsuit over whether the Democratic and Republican primary turnout was so low in June 2014 that, if state law were to be followed, those parties would not be entitled to … Continue reading
