Minnesota Republican Party Decides that President Trump Will be Only Name on Presidential Primary

Posted on by October 31, 2019
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Minnesota is having presidential primaries this year for the first time in many decades. The new law gives state party leaders the discretion to say which names should be on their presidential primary. The Minnesota Republican Party has decided to list only President Donald Trump. The party also used its discretion to eliminate write-in space on the ballot. See this story.

The only other states in which state party leaders have complete control over which names appear on presidential primary ballots are Florida and Georgia.

October 2019 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by October 31, 2019
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Ballot Access News
October 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 5

This issue was printed on yellow paper.

Table of Contents

  1. MAINE BECOMES FIRST STATE TO USE RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN A PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION
  2. CALIFORNIA TAX RETURNS LAW ENJOINED
  3. GEORGIA LOSS
  4. ALABAMA PROCEDURAL WIN ON VOTER LIST
  5. LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT RULES
  6. ALTERNATE VOTING SYSTEMS ADVANCE
  7. HEARING HELD ON D.C. STATEHOOD BILL
  8. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY
  9. TOP-TWO INITIATIVE LIKELY TO QUALIFY IN FLORIDA
  10. REPUBLICAN PARTY CANCELS SOME PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
  11. WHICH MINOR PARTY RAN THE MOST STATE HOUSE CANDIDATES?
  12. 2019 PARTY REVENUE FROM STATE INCOME TAX “CHECK-OFF”
  13. TOTALS FOR THE ENTIRE NATION THROUGH HISTORY, 2000-2019
  14. SPECIAL U.S. HOUSE ELECTIONS
  15. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS
  16. ELIZABETH WARREN ENDORSES A WORKING FAMILIES NOMINEE
  17. FREE USEFUL REFERENCE BOOK
  18. HOWARD SCHULTZ WITHDRAWS
  19. REFORM PARTY
  20. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Account of Public Meeting for the New York Commission that is Writing a Public Funding Law

Posted on by October 31, 2019
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The New York State Commission that is charged with writing a proposed law for public funding of campaigns is holding public hearings. On October 30 it met in Buffalo. Here is an interesting newspaper story about the hearing. The headline is misleading. If one reads the article, one finds that the public witnesses were almost entirely against banning fusion.

The quote by Jeremy Zellner, a Democratic Party official who wants to ban fusion, is completely out-of-state. He says half of all election litigation in the United States is in New York. That was true back in the 1980’s, but since then New York state has eased most of the hyper-technical petition rules that caused that litigation. Thanks to Steve Kamp for the link.

Oral Argument Date Set in Montana Green Party Ballot Access Case

Posted on by November 1, 2019
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A U.S. District Court will hear arguments in Montana Green Party v Stapleton, 6:18cv-87, on Thursday, December 11, in Great Falls. This is the case that challenges the unequal distribution requirement for the party petition, and also the March petition deadline. The case arose in 2018, when the Green Party had enough valid signatures statewide on its party petition, but in a few districts did not meet the distribution requirement.

The distribution requirement requires a certain number of signatures in each of 34 of the 100 State House districts. But, oddly, in some districts the number of signatures is as low as 55, while in others it is as high as 150. The Green Party argues that the law, by requiring unequal number of signatures in various districts (even though the districts are of approximate equal population), violates one-person, one-vote.

Here is the last brief, filed by the Green Party on October 25. UPDATE: the original post said the hearing would be December 5, but it has been moved to December 11.