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James Stockdale Dies

July 5th, 2005

On July 5, James Stockdale died at the age of 81. He had been Ross Perot’s running mate in 1992. He was the only individual running for vice-president who ever participated in a debate with the major party nominees for vice-president.

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Louisiana Bill Signed

July 3rd, 2005

On July 1, Louisiana’s Governor signed SB 53, which moves the state’s congressional elections to late September. Only if no one gets 50% will a run-off be held, and such run-offs would be in November. Because the US Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that federal law forbids such timing (which Louisiana used between 1978 and 1996), it is likely that the new law will not go into effect. The state is under a federal court order to obey the 1997 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which was called Foster v Love.

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2002:

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August 1, 2002 issue (V:18 – N:4)
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December 5, 2000 issue (V:16 – N:9)
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BAN. changed to a 12 issue per year schedule.
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March 1, 1992 (V:7 – N:13)
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July 22, 1991 (V:7 – N:5)
June 24, 1991 (V:7 – N:4)
May 30, 1991 (V:7 – N:3)
May 1, 1991 (V:7 – N:2)
April 3, 1991 (V:7 – N:1)
March 7, 1991 (V:6 – N:12)
February 9, 1991 (V:6 – N:11)
January 14, 1991 (V:6 – N:10)

1990:

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November 12, 1990 (V:6 – N:8)
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September 11, 1990 (V:6 – N:6)
August 14, 1990 (V:6 – N:5)
July 18, 1990 (V:6 – N:4)
June 26, 1990 (V:6 – N:3)
May 24, 1990 (V:6 – N:2)
April 28, 1990 (V:6 – N:1)
April 2, 1990 (V:5 – N:12)
March 12, 1990 (V:5 – N:11)
February 12, 1990 (V:5 – N:10)
January 23, 1990 (V:5 – N:9)

1989:

December 24, 1989 (V:5 – N:8)
November 27, 1989 (V:5 – N:7)
October 30, 1989 (V:5 – N:6)
September 26, 1989 (V:5 – N:5)
September 5, 1989 (V:5 – N:4)
August 4, 1989 (V:5 – N:3)
July 7, 1989 (V:5 – N:2)
June 9, 1989 (V:5 – N:1)
May 12, 1989 (V:4 – N:12)
April 14, 1989 (V:4 – N:11)
March 22, 1989 (V:4 – N:10)
February 27, 1989 (V:4 – N:9)
February 1, 1989 (V:4 – N:8)
January 1, 1989 (V:4 – N:7)

1988:

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October 12, 1988 (V:4 – N:5)
September 16, 1988 (V:4 – N:4)
August 27, 1988 (V:4 – N:3)
August 1, 1988 (V:4 – N:2)
July 8, 1988 (V:4 – N:1)
June 15, 1988 (V:3– N:12)
May 23, 1988 (V:3– N:11)
April 19, 1988 (V:3– N:10)
March 23, 1988 (V:3– N:9)
February 24, 1988 (V:3– N:8)
January 20, 1988 (V:3– N:7)

1987:

December 23, 1987 (V:3– N:6)
November 19, 1987 (V:3– N:5)
October 19, 1987 (V:3– N:4)
September 21, 1987 (V:3– N:3)
August 20, 1987 (V:3– N:2)
July 14, 1987 (V:3– N:1)
June 13, 1987 (V:2– N:12)
May 18, 1987 (V:2– N:11)
April 20, 1987 (V:2– N:10)
March 13, 1987 (V:2– N:9)
February 21, 1987 (V:2– N:8)
January 21, 1987 (V:2– N:7)

Essays by Richard Winger:

What Are Ballots For? (1988)
Ballot Access: A Formidable Barrier To Fair Participation (1993)
The Importance of Ballot Access (1994)
Ballot Access Developments in 1994: Forward Steps Outweigh Slips (1995)
Would We Be Better Off With A Third Political Party? (1996?)

Additional articles/essays:

Politics, Soviet-style by S. Philip Gordon, regarding recent ballot access issues in Georgia – the US state, not the Russian territority!

Extra Features:

Presidential Vote Totals 2000.
What would happen if we apportioned electoral college votes in the 2000 election?
Ballot Access 2000 'Breaking News' for short updates that came in too late for the printed version of the newsletter.
Links to State Government websites (and another version of the same page with pretty graphics which loads a lot more slowly).

Other information:

Here's how to subscribe to Ballot Access News!
Here's information on Presidential Ballot Access as well as the vote totals of recent Presidential elections.
Here are some other sites which may also be of interest:
Project Vote-Smart

Project Vote Smart is a citizens' organization dedicated to serving all Americans with accurate and unbiased information for electoral decision-making. It was inaugerated in 1992 by former US Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and other leaders. Its webpage offers information about all ballot-listed candidates for all federal and state office.
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The ACE Project

An interesting site concerning itself with the "Administration and Cost of Elections", including issues of fairness and regulatory approaches in various countries. They seem to be almost blind to the ways that third parties in the USA are harmed by campaign finance rules crafted for the problems characteristic of the larger parties, or the ways that third parties would be disenfranchised by various proposed rules, but this is nevertheless a useful resource, particularly for the international comparisons it makes.
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"Unofficial" B.A.N. Page

At first, it looks like there's not much here. But then you follow the "Charts" link, and click on one of the listed candidates, and you'll get some truly wonderful nationwide maps of voting patterns.
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ThirdPartyNews.net

A site that covers news about minor parties.
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Third Party Central

Collects lots of good information and links relating to various third parties into one convenient location. Nice set of writings on why one should vote third-party.
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Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections

A surprisingly complete listing of votes cast in Presidential elections, including numerous third-party candidates and nice maps of vote distribution by state and (on the individual state pages) by county.
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D.C.'s Political Report

Very good presentation of candidate and party information, including virtually every known third-party group in the USA. Election results, candidate information, etc.
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Initiative For Texas

A group trying to establish the right to Initiative and Referendum in Texas. Their work has intriguing parallels and overlaps with ballot access work. Every page at the site seems to have some music on it, which can get annoying after awhile, but otherwise it's an interesting site.
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Center for Voting and Democracy

Folks concerned with alternative voting systems, and related issues, from a moderately leftist perspective. Useful articles describing how better systems of voting and electing actually work.
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