Some commentators about politics and election law have recently expressed the opinion that it would be illegitimate to change the Virginia presidential primary ballot access law between now and the March 6, 2012 presidential primary in that state. They sometimes … Continue reading
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Ballot Access News December 1, 2011 – Volume 27, Number 7 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents TWO FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS LIKELY TO SEEK MINOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS ROCKY ANDERSON FOUNDS NEW PARTY CALIFORNIA MINOR PARTIES … Continue reading
On December 24, Newt Gingrich criticized Virginia’s ballot access law for presidential primary candidates. See this story. The Gingrich campaign initially seemed to believe that Gingrich could launch a write-in campaign, but Virginia election law bans write-ins in primaries, although … Continue reading
Now that the Pennsylvania petition requirement for 2012 is known (see post immediately below), it is possible to know almost exactly that the national petition total for a presidential candidate to get on all 51 ballots in 2012 will be … Continue reading
Law Professor Rick Hasen, whose blog is ElectionLawBlog.org, sometimes allows guest posters. Here is a link to a guest post by Professor Darry Sragow, which is fairly lengthy, and which defends Americans Elect against various criticisms made by Hasen himself, … Continue reading