Ballot Access News
March 1, 2017 – Volume 32, Number 10

1. U.S. DISTRICT COURT STRIKES A BLOW FOR INCLUSIVE PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION DEBATES
2. LIBERTARIANS GAIN A NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATOR
3. GEORGIA BALLOT ACCESS WIN
4. MARYLAND BALLOT ACCESS WIN
5. SOME HELPFUL BALLOT ACCESS BILLS ADVANCE
6. OHIO SUPREME COURT KEEPS LIBERTARIANS IN SUSPENSE
7. NEIL GORSUCH HAS GOOD RECORD RE: INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
8. U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR BALLOT ORDER LAWSUIT
9. BALLOT ACCESS BILLS
10. BILLS TO MAKE BALLOT ACCESS WORSE
11. SOME GOOD ACCESS BILLS BLOCKED
12. TOP-TWO STATES STILL HAVE POLARIZED LEGISLATURES
13. CALIFORNIA DROP-OFF WAS WORST IN 75 YEARS
14. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME A MINOR PARTY OR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WON A COURT CASE TO DECLARE A BALLOT ACCESS LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
15. BALLOT FOR PHILADELPHIA SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTION IS UNSET
16. 2018 PETITIONING
17. FLORIDA REMOVES INDEPENDENT PARTY FROM BALLOT
18. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Cheri Honkala, the Green Party nominee for State House in Pennsylvania’s 197th district, is about to file a federal lawsuit over election law violations in the March 21 special election. On March 30, the Philadelphia Republican Party and the state Republican Party said they will join her lawsuit. See this story.

Fox & Hounds, a California politics blog, here has Joe Mathew’s piece, advocating that the United States use proportional representation. Thanks to Irv Sutley for the link.