According to this story, there are so many initiatives circulating in California now that professional petitions are getting $3 per signature, and sometimes even more. One wonders why more people don’t sign up to do this work.
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On Wednesday, March 23, the Oklahoma House Elections Committee will hear SB 896, the bill that eases the definition of “political party”. The bill changes the vote test for a party to remain on from 10% to 2.5% (for the office at the top of the ticket, Governor/President, depending on what year it is). Thanks to E. Zachary Knight for this news.
Jill Stein, who is seeking the Green Party presidential nomination, believes she qualified for primary season matching funds in January, and forwarded all the documentation to the Federal Election Commission late in January. However, the FEC still hasn’t made a determination about whether she has qualified. The Jill Stein campaign, and the Green Party, so far have avoided any public criticism over the delay. However, the delay is very injurious to the Green Party. The FEC permits primary season matching funds to be used for ballot access petitioning. The delay is holding up Green Party petitioning.
On Thursday, March 17, anti-Trump Republican conservatives met in Washington, D.C. Although earlier publicity about this group had said that it might work for an independent presidential candidate, this story about the meeting suggests that most participants still believe Donald Trump might be defeated for the Republican nomination. The group pins its hopes on Ted Cruz.
On Monday, April 4, the Utah Supreme Court will hear Utah Republican Party v Herbert, 2016-0077. The court will decide whether a qualified political party has the right to provide that no candidate may qualify for its primary ballot unless that candidate shows significant support at a party caucus. The state law says candidates can also get on a primary ballot by petition, but the Utah Republican Party argues that a party has the right to set that provision aside.
The case is in the Utah Supreme Court because a U.S. District Court had decided only the Utah Supreme Court can properly interpret Utah law on this point.
The hearing is set for 10:15 a.m. in the morning.