Ballot Access News
December 1, 2013 – Volume 29, Number 7

1. RANDOM ERROR RESULTS IN OHIO REQUIRING TWICE AS MANY SIGNATURES FOR BALLOT ACCESS
2. OHIO VICTORY
3. TENNESSEE VICTORY
4. ALABAMA INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE LOSS
5. CALIFORNIA CANDIDATE OATH STRUCK DOWN
6. HAWAII DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOSES OPEN PRIMARY LAWSUIT
7. PENNSYLVANIA PETITION FOR 2014
8. ARIZONA EXPLAINS WHY ONLY TWO PARTIES LISTED ON REGISTRATION CARD
9. SIX PROFESSORS FILE AMICUS IN MICHIGAN SORE LOSER CASE
10. U.S. SUPREME COURT UNLIKELY TO HEAR VIRGINIA CASE
11. 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
12. NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTION PARTY BALLOT ACCESS CASE
13. TEA PARTY DENIED EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE
14. BOOK REVIEW: THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
15. WEBSITE HOSTING
16. WHEN DID A MINOR PARTY LAST POLL 5% FOR GOVERNOR?
17. LIBERTARIAN VIRGINIA RESULTS
18. SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE ELECTS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
19. MORE MINOR PARTY VICTORIES
20. NEW JERSEY GUBERNATORIAL RETURNS
21. 2014 PETITIONING
22. SENATOR SANDERS MIGHT RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2016
23. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
    

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The New York Times has this fairly lengthy story about Kshama Sawant, who was elected to the Seattle city council last month and who ran as a member of Socialist Alternative. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

The Hawaii Libertarian Party has been told by the State Elections Office that it has 705 valid signatures, on its petition to restore its party status. The law requires 706 signatures. The party has several hundred more signatures not turned in yet, so obviously it has enough valid signatures.

Nationally, the Libertarian Party has completed three statewide petitions for ballot access during 2013: Hawaii, North Dakota, and Arkansas. Whether it is still on in Ohio depends on the outcome of its lawsuit, which will probably be decided in January. Counting Ohio and Hawaii, the party is now on the ballot in 32 states and the District of Columbia. Four years ago (at the end of December 2009), it was on in 29 states.