On March 12, a Subcommittee of the Tennessee House Local Government Committee passed HB 958, which is authored by Representative Jason Powell (D-Nashville). The bill lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party from 2.5% of the last gubernatorial … Continue reading
The Nevada Green Party has nominated David Gibson for Governor, and Tim Reinhardt for Secretary of State. They are the first Green Party nominees in Nevada since 2010. The party did not appear on the 2012 ballot. In order to … Continue reading
Arkansas News has this story about the lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court, Moore v Martin. The case challenges the March petition deadline for non-presidential independents that the 2013 session of the legislature passed. The case was filed on February … Continue reading
As of March 10, 2014, here are the percentages of Pennsylvania voters registered in each party: Democratic 49.72%, Republican 36.85%, Libertarian .55%, others and independent 12.87%. Efforts are underway to learn how many voters are registered in the Green and … Continue reading
On November 27, 2013, some opponents of the Montana top-two ballot measure filed a case in the State Supreme Court, asking the Court to remove the measure from the November 2014 ballot. A few days later, the same groups also … Continue reading
