Maine supporters of ranked choice voting will try to collect 61,123 valid signatures in the next 90 days, to suspend the recently-passed bill that suspends the use of ranked choice voting.
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On October 25, the Illinois Green Party filed this 22-page request for rehearing in Tripp v Scholz, 16-3469. The request for rehearing does a convincing job of rebutting the decision’s conclusion that states do not need to use evidence to support ballot access restrictions.
Ballot Access News
October 1, 2017 – Volume 33, Number 5
| This issue was printed on cream paper. |
Table of Contents
- SEVENTH CIRCUIT INVALIDATES ILLINOIS LAW REQUIRING NEW PARTIES TO RUN A FULL SLATE OF CANDIDATES
- CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL MOVING ALL PRIMARIES TO MARCH
- CALIFORNIA BALLOT ACCESS BILL PASSES
- MORE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE NEWS
- VARIOUS CALIFORNIA BALLOT ACCESS CASES GET HEARING DATES
- ROCKY DE LA FUENTE LOSES ALABAMA SORE LOSER CASE
- OHIO LIBERTARIANS LOSE LAST LAWSUIT
- CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN CONVENTION MAY OPPOSE TOP-TWO
- BOOK REVIEW: WHAT HAPPENED
- LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD DEBATES CASE MOVES AHEAD
- DATES OF MID-TERM CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES
- GREENS GAIN A STATE LEGISLATOR
- MAJOR PARTIES LOSE THREE MORE OFFICE-HOLDERS
- LACEY PUTNEY DIES
- GREEN PARTY QUALIFIES IN UTAH
- PETER DIAMONDSTONE DIES
- OREGON INDEPENDENT PARTY
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
On October 27, the Guam legislature passed bill 156-34. It moves the primary from the last Saturday in August to the first Saturday in August. It also moves the filing deadline for primary candidates from 60 days before the primary, to 90 days before the primary. The Election Commission requested the bill, so as to give itself more time to adminster elections.
J. H. Snider, an expert on the New York state constitution, has this op-ed advocating that voters vote “Yes” on November 7, 2017, on whether to call a state constitutional convention. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.