Ballot Access News November 1, 2015 – Volume 31, Number 6 This issue was printed on purple paper. Table of Contents TOP-TWO PRIMARY SYSTEM LOSES SUPPORT MAINE INSTANT RUNOFF VOTING NEW CANADA GOVERNMENT PLEDGED TO ELECTION REFORM LARRY LESSIG ASKS … Continue reading
Ohio Governor John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, has asked NBC for twelve minutes of free time on the entire national network. Also, candidates Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, and George Pataki have asked NBC for equal time in some markets. … Continue reading
Most states don’t care how early an independent presidential candidate begins to circulate a petition. But some states do set a start date. These are believed to be the start dates for independent presidential petitioning: California, April 29, 2016 Connecticut, … Continue reading
On November 6, independent candidate Mark Moore asked the 8th circuit to reverse the decision of the U.S. District Court that upheld Arkansas’s non-presidential independent candidate petition deadline. Arkansas law says independent candidate petitions (for office other than President) are … Continue reading
Matt Erard, a Michigan Socialist Party activist, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his ballot access case. The Supreme Court ruled in 1968 in Williams v Rhodes that states cannot make it more difficult for parties to get … Continue reading
