Forward Party Will Work to Improve New York State Ballot Access

Posted on by November 6, 2022
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The Forward Party of New York will make a major effort to help improve the New York ballot access laws. The message from the party to its supporters, sent November 6, says, “Forward NY will be working on election reform efforts in New York State. While there are many issues that need fixing, our primary focus for the next year will be ballot access.”

New York ballot access law was already faulty, even before the hostile 2020 changes. New York state is one of eleven states that lacks any procedure by which a group can transform itself into a qualified party, in advance of any particular election.

California Independent Presidential Petition Will be 219,403 Signatures in 2024

Posted on by November 6, 2022
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The California petition requirement for independent presidential candidates in 2024 will be 219,403 signatures, unless the law is changed. No independent candidate in U.S. history has ever overcome an independent petition requirement as high as that.

The requirement is 1% of the number of registered voters as of the October 24, 2022 registration total.

California only allows 105 days to collect these signatures. By contrast, California allows unlimited time for either a petition drive, or a registration drive, to qualify a new party. No one has overcome the independent petition requirement in California since 1992.

The petition must contain the names and addresses of 54 presidential elector candidates, which takes up a lot of room on the petition form, and which makes it impossible to circulate the petition until the presidential candidate has chosen his or her elector candidates.

I have asked my State Senator, Scott Wiener, to introduce a bill in 2023 to ease the procedure, but so far he has not responded.

New Maine Registration Data

Posted on by November 5, 2022
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The Maine Secretary of State has posted new registration data, as of October 21. See it here. The percentages are Democratic 37.48%; Republican 30.06%; Green 3.88%; Libertarian .10%; independent and other 28.47%.

In June 2022 the percentages were: Democratic 35.52%; Republican 28.16%; Green 4.06%; Libertarian .06%; independent and other 32.20%.