May 2018 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by May 26, 2018
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Ballot Access News
May 1, 2018 – Volume 33, Number 12

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. PROCEDURAL WIN AGAINST OUT-OF-STATE CIRCULATOR BANS IN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA
  2. OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE PASSES BALLOT ACCESS BILL
  3. MAINE RANKED CHOICE VOTING SURVIVES LEGAL CHALLENGE
  4. ELEVENTH CIRCUIT STAYS EX-FELON ORDER
  5. ALASKA DEMOCRATS WIN RIGHT TO NOMINATE A NON-MEMBER
  6. DISOBEDIENT COLORADO ELECTORS LOSE IN LOWER COURT
  7. TWELVE STATES NOW HAVE AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
  8. SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO BE ASKED ABOUT PARTY REGISTRATION
  9. FLORIDA VOTERS WON’T BE ABLE TO VOTE ON PRIMARY CHANGE
  10. WISCONSIN WILL RETAIN ELECTIONS FOR STATE TREASURER
  11. ARKANSAS TRIES TO BLOCK INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WHO WON BALLOT ACCESS CASE
  12. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  13. LAWSUIT NEWS
  14. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES ARE LOSING THEIR LABEL
  15. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME EACH STATE PRINTED “INDEPENDENT” ON BALLOT?
  16. ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR LEAVES REPUBLICAN PARTY
  17. MEXICO PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
  18. INDIANA MAY GET ITS FIRST INDEPENDENT U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE
  19. MINOR PARTY ELECTION WINS
  20. TIM CANOVA LEAVES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS AS AN INDEPENDENT
  21. MONTANA DEMOCRATS SUE TO REMOVE GREEN PARTY FROM MONTANA BALLOT
  22. MICHIGAN LIBERTARIANS HAVE CONTESTED PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR
  23. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Fewer Minor Party Candidates for State Legislature Will be on November 2018 Ballot in Washington

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Washington state has a top-two system. In top-two systems, no minor party candidate ever qualifies for the November ballot unless there is only one major party candidate in the primary, in that same race.

In November 2016, ten Libertarians appeared on the ballot for state legislature, because they all filed in districts with only one major party candidate. For 2018, there will be only four such legislative races. The four lucky Libertarians who will automatically place second in the August primary, and thus appear on the November ballot, are: State Senate 36 Bryan Simonson; Representative 22(2) Allan Acosta; Representative 36(1) Sydney Wissel; and Representative 36(2) Matt Dubin.

No other Washington minor parties had any candidates on the November 2016 ballot (except for President), and no others will have one on the November 2018 ballot.

North Carolina Starts Tallying Number of Green Party Registrants

Posted on by May 26, 2018
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North Carolina has registration by party, but the state never tallies the number of voters registered into unqualified parties. Because the Green Party became a qualified party earlier this year, the state is now reporting Green registration data. The State Board of Elections provides a new tally every week. Green Party registration was below 100 during April and mid-May, but the May 26 tally is 171. See the entire tally here. Thanks to Michael for this news.