Ballot Access News January 1, 2012 – Volume 27, Number 8 This issue was printed on pink paper. Table of Contents TEXAS CHANGES PRIMARY DATE AND ACCIDENTALLY CREATES ABSURD RULES FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN BALLOT ACCESS WOES MINOR PARTIES … Continue reading
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On January 27, the Massachusetts Attorney General filed this brief in the State Supreme Court, in the lawsuit over whether the election law either permits or forbids using a stand-in presidential candidate on the ballot access petition of an unqualified … Continue reading
On January 26, the Virginia House Privileges and Elections Committee passed HB 1132, to allow write-in votes in primaries. Virginia already permits write-in votes in general elections. It is ironic that at the same time Virginia is adding write-in space … Continue reading
On January 17, the 4th circuit issued an order in Perry v Judd, 12-1067, agreeing with the U.S. District Court that Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman filed their lawsuit against the Virginia ballot access law for … Continue reading
As noted earlier, on January 13, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the Virginia ballot access law for presidential primaries is almost certainly unconstitutional, but that Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum should not be put on the … Continue reading