Marc Montoni has this op-ed in the Roanoke Times, making the point that Virginia badly needs ballot access reform.
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Ballot Access News
January 1, 2012 – Volume 27, Number 8
| This issue was printed on pink paper. |
Table of Contents
- TEXAS CHANGES PRIMARY DATE AND ACCIDENTALLY CREATES ABSURD RULES FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
- VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN BALLOT ACCESS WOES
- MINOR PARTIES SUE ALABAMA OVER BALLOT ACCESS
- PENNSYLVANIA PETITION NOW KNOWN
- GAIN FOR MASSACHUSETTS LIBERTARIAN LAWSUIT
- ARIZONA MINOR PARTIES SUE OVER DISCRIMINATORY VOTER REGISTRATION
- OHIO MOVES PRIMARY
- OTHER LAWSUIT NEWS
- BOOK REVIEW: NO HOLDING BACK
- BOOK REVIEW: CALIFORNIA CRACKUP
- BOOK REVIEW: DUOPOLY
- 2012 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
- GARY JOHNSON
- AMERICANS ELECT EASES ITS OWN BALLOT ACCESS RULES
- DONALD TRUMP
- JUSTICE PARTY
- PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION
- SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
See this story, which says that New York state’s legislature doesn’t expect to pass a U.S. House redistricting plan until mid-March, and which also says that due to the new court-imposed June primary date, elections administrators and candidates will have a tough time coping. The article hints that certain election laws might be changed. Possibly the legislature will relax the onerous primary petition requirements for 2012.
As reported earlier, last week the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the Redistricting Commission’s redistricting plan for Pennsylvania legislative districts, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court also said the districts that have been in place for ten years should be used in the meantime.
On January 30, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House filed a federal lawsuit, arguing that the U.S. Constitution does not permit the use of the old districts, because population has shifted since 2000. See this story.
The Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary will list only President Obama. The Republican presidential primary will include Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. The primaries are on April 3.