Ballot Access News December 1, 2011 – Volume 27, Number 7 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents TWO FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS LIKELY TO SEEK MINOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS ROCKY ANDERSON FOUNDS NEW PARTY CALIFORNIA MINOR PARTIES … Continue reading
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On December 24, Newt Gingrich criticized Virginia’s ballot access law for presidential primary candidates. See this story. The Gingrich campaign initially seemed to believe that Gingrich could launch a write-in campaign, but Virginia election law bans write-ins in primaries, although … Continue reading
Now that the Pennsylvania petition requirement for 2012 is known (see post immediately below), it is possible to know almost exactly that the national petition total for a presidential candidate to get on all 51 ballots in 2012 will be … Continue reading
Law Professor Rick Hasen, whose blog is ElectionLawBlog.org, sometimes allows guest posters. Here is a link to a guest post by Professor Darry Sragow, which is fairly lengthy, and which defends Americans Elect against various criticisms made by Hasen himself, … Continue reading
U.S. House district boundaries for 2012 are still unsettled in six of the seven most populous states. Only California’s U.S. House district boundaries are established. The legislatures of Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania still haven’t passed any congressional redistricting bills. … Continue reading