On November 4, 2014, the voters of Shannon County, South Dakota, voted on whether to change the name of the county. The measure passed, 2,196 to 531. The new name of the county will be Oglala Lakota County.
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On December 24, the challenge to the petition of Willie Wilson was dropped. See this news story. The challenge concerned the February 2015 election for Mayor of Chicago. Incumbent Mayor Emanuel is running for re-election and his campaign had challenged the signatures of Willie Wilson, an African-American businessman. The law requires 12,500 signatures, and Wilson had submitted 47,000. The challenge had received considerable publicity.
The Salt Lake City Tribune appears to be the first daily newspaper to announce that Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will be suing the Commission on Presidential Debates. The lawsuit will be filed in January 2015. The Salt Lake City Tribune’s interest in the lawsuit is greater than it would normally be, because former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson will be one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs. The article says another attorney on the case is Bruce Fein, who worked for President Ronald Reagan in the past. See the story here.
The Montgomery Advertiser, the daily newspaper for Montgomery, Alabama, has this op-ed, asking the legislature to ease the ballot access laws for newly-qualifying parties and independent candidates.
Ballot Access News
December 1, 2014 – Volume 30, Number 7
| This issue was printed on white paper. |
Table of Contents
- OREGON VOTERS DEFEAT TOP-TWO 68%-32%
- 2016 BALLOT ACCESS EASED BY LOW TURNOUT IN 2014
- NEBRASKA COUNTY DISTRIBUTION FOR INIATIATIVES VOIDED
- RANKED CHOICE VOTING LIKELY TO BE ON MAINE BALLOT
- KANSAS AND ARIZONA LOSE VOTER REGISTRATION CASE
- THREE WINS FOR FREE SPEECH FOR CANDIDATES
- SENATOR PAUL UNLIKELY TO GET ELECTION LAW RELIEF
- LAWSUIT NEWS
- BOOK REVIEW: THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE: THE UNLIKELY RISE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
- OCTOBER 2014 REGISTRATION TOTALS
- 2016 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
- ALASKA ELECTS AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNOR
- FOURTEEN INDEPENDENTS ELECTED TO STATE LEGISLATURES
- SOME ONE-STATE PARTIES GAIN QUALIFIED PARTY STATUS
- MINOR PARTY PARTISAN WINS
- INCLUSIVE DEBATES
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL