Comments on: Minnesota Secretary of State Asks Legislature to Shrink Time for New Party Petition http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3363 By: Peter Tharaldson http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-58521 Peter Tharaldson Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:16:38 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/#comment-58521 Good information- just a slight correction. The Independence Party is actually one of the three major parties in Minnesota and does not rely on petition. It has had this status for well over a decade. I believe the Green Party is a minor party qualifying for some financing. The Independence Party has the same requirement for keeping major party status as the other two major parties have. Good information- just a slight correction. The Independence Party is actually one of the three major parties in Minnesota and does not rely on petition. It has had this status for well over a decade. I believe the Green Party is a minor party qualifying for some financing. The Independence Party has the same requirement for keeping major party status as the other two major parties have.

]]> By: Tom Cleland http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-55702 Tom Cleland Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:55:18 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/#comment-55702 By phone I didn't get an answer after hours, but I sent him an email at: secretary.state@state.mn.us If I'm reading House File 1110 correctly, Sec. 3, Subd. 7, (c) would change the petitioning period to last from Jan. 1 to six weeks before the start of the (two week?) filing period, (early July, so mid-May if they don't move up the filing period), whereas before it lasted from (start time indefinite?) to the end of the filing period. By phone I didn’t get an answer after hours, but I sent him an email at:

secretary.state@state.mn.us

If I’m reading House File 1110 correctly, Sec. 3, Subd. 7, (c) would change the petitioning period to last from Jan. 1 to six weeks before the start of the (two week?) filing period, (early July, so mid-May if they don’t move up the filing period), whereas before it lasted from (start time indefinite?) to the end of the filing period.

]]> By: Joseph Knight http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-54539 Joseph Knight Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:35:05 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/03/29/minnesota-secretary-of-state-asks-legislature-to-shrink-time-for-new-party-petition/#comment-54539 What could they possibly be claiming as a legitimate state interest to justify the changes? What could they possibly be claiming as a legitimate state interest to justify the changes?

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