Last year, the Tennessee Senate passed a resolution setting up a committee to study ballot access for new and small political parties. The committee, which includes represents of the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties, finally had its first meeting, on … Continue reading
Hans von Spakovsky, a former Republican member of the Federal Election Commission, has this article on the Heritage Foundation’s web page, about fraudulent ballot access petitions in the Indiana presidential primary in 2008. Both candidates who petitioned in the Democratic … Continue reading
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
