May 2013 Ballot Access News Print Edition

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Ballot Access News
May 1, 2013 – Volume 28, Number 12

This issue was printed on pink paper.

Table of Contents

  1. BALLOT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS ADVANCE IN FIVE STATES
  2. RALPH NADER FILES PENNSYLVANIA APPEAL
  3. U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR POSTAL PETITIONING CASE
  4. COLORADO PETITION RESTRICTION STRUCK DOWN
  5. OTHER LAWSUIT NEWS
  6. MONTANA VOTERS WILL VOTE ON TOP-TWO PRIMARY IN 2014
  7. OTHER ELECTION BILLS
  8. NO 2008 INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PETITONS WERE VALID
  9. TOP-TWO SYSTEMS CAUSE MANY VOTERS TO CAST BLANKS
  10. FEC EXTENDS SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE
  11. BOOK REVIEW: LAW AND ELECTION POLITICS
  12. BOOK REVIEW: THE PEROT LEGACY
  13. WHICH STATE CONSTITUTIONS MENTION POLITICAL PARTIES?
  14. VIRGINIA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
  15. MORE 2012 VOTES COUNTED
  16. MINOR PARTY ELECTION VICTORIES
  17. ILLINOIS U.S. HOUSE RESULTS
  18. HOWARD PHILLIPS DIES
  19. BOB BARR WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS AS A REPUBLICAN
  20. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Poll Shows New York City Democratic Party Run-off Primary Very Likely to Occur

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A Marist Poll released May 28 shows that no Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York city now enjoys more than 24% of the Democratic electorate.  This makes it very likely that a run-off primary will be needed.  State law says New York city mayoral primaries need a run-off if no one gets at least 40%.  New York city election administration almost certainly will change this year, because the current rules for a mayoral run-off are unworkable.  There isn’t enough time to hold a run-off.  Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

Political Science Paper on How Political Parties Control Nominations in Open Primary States

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Political science professor Hans Hassell of Cornell College in Iowa has posted a paper, “The Non-existent Primary-Ideology Link, or Do Open Primaries Actually Limit Party Influence in Primary Elections?”  He finds that in open primary states in which a major party has a fair chance of winning a seat, the party organization is able to help its preferred nominee, and discourage candidates it doesn’t like, by using its influence over individuals and organizations that make big donations.

The paper only deals with open primary states, not top-two primary states.

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Opinions on May 28, but Not Either of the Two Pending Election Law Decision

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued opinions on May 28, but did not issue the opinion in either of the two pending election law cases.  The opinions in those two cases will therefore appear on one of the four Mondays in June.  The two cases are:  (1) Shelby County, Alabama v Holder, 12-96, over the federal Voting Rights Act; (2) Arizona v InterTribal Council of Arizona, 12-71, over the federal “motor voter” act of 1993 concerning voter registration.