Twenty-two Virginia legislators are jointly sponsoring a bill that would eliminate the ability of parties to nominate by convention. Currently, Virginia is the only state in which major parties ever use a nomination process for Congress and state legislative office … Continue reading
On January 9, Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) reintroduced the same ballot access bill he had introduced in 2013. This year, the bill is SB 70. It lowers the number of signatures for newly-qualifying parties and non-presidential independent candidates … Continue reading
The Los Angeles Times has this major story about Marianne Williamson, who is an independent candidate in California’s 33rd district this year. Even though she holds herself out as an independent candidate, California election officials will not print “independent” on … Continue reading
On January 13, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Republican Party of Nevada v Miller, 13-442. This is the case in which some Republican nominees for presidential elector in 2012, and the state party, and some voters who want … Continue reading
The 1787 Party has notified the Texas Secretary of State that it will attempt to qualify for the 2014 ballot. That will take 49,729 valid signatures of voters who did not vote in the March 2014 primary. The petitioning period … Continue reading
