On June 2, the Idaho Republican Party passed a resolution that the party’s primary should be closed to everyone who doesn’t indicate that he or she is a member. The vote was 88-58. It is not clear if the party will now sue the state to implement the policy. Thanks to Steve Rankin for this news. Idaho has no partisan registration.
The Socialist Party national convention will be in St. Louis, Mo., October 19-21, 2007. The party may or may not nominate a presidential candidate at that convention.
On May 31, H4201 was introduced in the South Carolina legislature. It is the National Popular Vote Plan.
Oklahomans who are interested in improving that state’s ballot access laws are meeting in Oklahoma City on Saturday, June 9. For more information about the meeting, contact Jimmy Cook, upheaval1@hotmail.com, or 918-342-3108. The meeting is at 4:30 pm in Stroud, Oklahoma (between Tulsa and Oklahoma City) at Mazzio’s Restaurant, 614 N. 8th St.
The Ohio Libertarian Party has begun its petition drive to qualify the party for 2008. It has distributed blank petition forms to 1,000 party members and sympathizers, and is out in force in Columbus at the Hemp Festival being held June 2. Under the new requirement, a party needs 20,114 signatures by late November 2007 if it wants its own primary, including a presidential primary.
