Ballot Access News March 2022 – Volume 37, Number 10 This issue was printed on blue paper. Table of Contents THIRD CIRCUIT STRIKES DOWN PENNSYLVANIA BAN ON OUT-OF-STATE CIRCULATORS IN PRIMARIES ALASKA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TOP-FOUR, BUT DOESN’T EXPLAIN WHY … Continue reading
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On February 14, Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed SB 170. It moves the petition deadline for independent candidates for office other than president from mid-March to March 4, for 2022. And for years in the future, it moves it to … Continue reading
Ballot Access News February 2022 – Volume 37, Number 9 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents ELEVENTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS THE NATION’S MOST RESTRICTIVE BALLOT ACCESS LAW COURT PUTS MAINE LIBERTARIAN PARTY ON BALLOT NEW YORK BALLOT … Continue reading
On March 1, the Montana Green Party and the Montana Secretary of State filed a proposed settlement with the U.S. District Court for Montana. It says that given that the ballot access law for newly-qualifying parties was held unconstitutional on … Continue reading
Last year the Ninth Circuit struck down Montana’s unequal distribution requirement for petitions to create a new party. Montana Green Party v Jacobson. That decision is now reported, at 17 F.4th 919 (2021). The fact that the decision is now … Continue reading