The Kentucky Secretary of State’s office has told independent gubernatorial candidate Drew Curtis that he can only get on the ballot with a paper petition. Curtis was hoping to use electronic signatures, which are permitted for some other state purposes. See this story. So far, no state permits electronic signatures for ballot access.
According to this story, the New York bills to move the presidential primary from February 2 to April 26 face opposition because April 26, 2016, will be in Passover week. None of the presidential primary bills have made any headway yet, as of 6:30 pm, Wednesday. The legislative session will end on Thursday or Friday.
On Wednesday, June 17, the New York legislature decided not to adjourn that date, but to also sit on Thursday, June 18, and possibly Friday. This will give more time for one of the bills on the timing of the 2016 presidential primary to pass. Those bills are AB 8251 and 8256, and SB 5958, 5959, 5960, 5961, and 5962.
Current law puts the presidential primary on February 2, which violates national party rules.
The Louisville Courier-Journal has this clear story on the difference between British national elections and U.S. national elections. The story points out that there are no primary elections in Great Britain. The story might have added that the U.S. is the only nation in the world with government-administered primary elections to determine who is nominated by various political parties.
The Hill, a newspaper intended to be read by congressional staffers and others interested in politics and the federal government, has this op-ed by Professors Larry Diamond and David C. King about the Commission on Presidential Debates. Diamond and King rebut the arguments used by the CPD in defense of the 15% polling requirement for entry into the general election debates.
If a reader clicks on the link, the article appears, then it goes into semi-darkness for about 12 seconds, and then it suddenly becomes readable, so wait patiently.
