Utah election officials say the Independent American Party petition has enough valid signatures, so that group is now a ballot-qualified party. It joins the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Constitution Parties on the Utah ballot. Although the Green Party and the … Continue reading
This is old news, but B.A.N. just found out. In 2013, the Maine legislature passed LD 504, which eases one method by which parties become ballot-qualified in Maine. Ever since 1976, Maine had had an extremely difficult petition procedure for … Continue reading
The California Secretary of State has ruled that Americans Elect is still ballot-qualified, and will be through November 2014. Americans Elect registration is below one-fifteenth of 1%. Section 5101 says, “Whenever the registration of any party that qualified in the … Continue reading
The State of Politics blog has this story, which says some leaders of the Working Families Party of New York are thinking of running party founder Dan Cantor for Governor, instead of cross-endorsing Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo. The New York … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Susan B. Anthony List v Driehaus, 13-193, on Tuesday, April 22. This is the case over an Ohio law that makes it a criminal offense for anyone to make a false statement about a … Continue reading
