On March 31, the Oregon Senate Elections Committee holds a hearing on two bills to improve independent candidate ballot access. They are SB 326 and SB 353. SB 326 repeals the law (passed in 2005) that says primary voters can’t … Continue reading
The Illinois ballot access lawsuit called Stevo v Keith is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. It is case 08-1187. If Illinois state government wishes to ask the Court not to take the case, the state’s response is due April … Continue reading
On March 27, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed HB 2981, the bill that cuts the number of signatures for minor party and independent candidates from 2% of the last vote cast, to 1%. The bill also moves the … Continue reading
On March 19, the Federal Elections Committee extended the disclosure exemption for the Socialist Workers Party and its candidates for four more years. The vote was 5-1. The party has had a similar exemption ever since it won a lawsuit … Continue reading
A bill to ease Illinois ballot access, HB 2620, is pending. Although it has not advanced yet, on March 25 it was amended to include an unrelated provision relating to the organization of qualified political parties. The author of HB … Continue reading
