Every year starting in 1992, the paper edition of Ballot Access News has carried a chart showing how many registered voters there are in each party, in each state. These charts have been prepared only in even-numbered years (usually twice). … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Most states enable a group that is not yet a qualified party, but which wants to become a qualified party, to circulate a petition that has the sole function of qualifying that group as a party. Such petitions are commonly … Continue reading
HR 5388, the bill in Congress to give the District of Columbia a member of the U.S. House, and also to temporarily expand the size of the House so that Utah gets a fourth seat, is considered likely to pass … Continue reading
On November 21, the New Hampshire State Supreme Court upheld New Hampshire’s ballot access laws. The case is Libertarian Party v State of New Hampshire, 2005-0606. The outcome is very disappointing, since at oral argument, it had seemed that the … Continue reading
On November 20, Ralph Nader asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that said he must pay $82,102 in court costs from 2004. Pennsylvania is the only state that has ever removed … Continue reading
Ballot access activists had been looking forward to a meeting of the House Government Committee, set for November 28 at 10 am. The Committee had invited all those interested in reforming the ballot access laws to attend and discuss the … Continue reading