Many counties and cities in Virginia have partisan elections for their own officers. Yet Virginia law says party labels for those partisan elections cannot appear on general election ballots. On April 8, Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, vetoed SB 767, … Continue reading
Ballot Access News March 1, 2016 – Volume 31, Number 10 This issue was printed on green paper. Table of Contents SOUTH DAKOTA IMPROVES NEW PARTY DEADLINE KENTUCKY DEBATE PROCEDURAL WIN UTAH LEGISLATURE REPEALS STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE ILLINOIS BALLOT … Continue reading
Ballot Access News February 1, 2016 – Volume 31, Number 9 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents U.S. DISTRICT COURT ENJOINS CONNECTICUT BAN ON OUT-OF-STATE CIRCULATORS MICHIGAN ENDS STRAIGHT-TICKET PROCEDURAL WIN IN SOUTH DAKOTA BALLOT ACCESS … Continue reading
According to this story, Pennsylvania election officials have rejected Willie Wilson’s petition to be listed on the Democratic presidential primary. The state says he has fewer than 2,000 signatures. Wilson is from Chicago and has qualified for Democratic presidential primary … Continue reading
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this article about two “dirty tricks” that have gained recent attention in election law and procedure. Scroll down to the second instance, which is about the 2014 incident when Ohio Governor John Kasich and his … Continue reading
