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		<title>Connecticut Secretary of State Thinks Only Four Republican Presidential Candidates are Mentioned in Media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 10, the Connecticut Secretary of State announced that Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum are on the ballot automatically for the April 24 Republican presidential primary. The Connecticut law says the Secretary of State is supposed to list candidates if &#8220;the candidacy of such person for such party&#8217;s nomination for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/11/connecticut-secretary-of-state-thinks-only-four-republican-presidential-candidates-are-mentioned-in-media/</link>
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		<title>Billings Gazette Article on Americans Elect Leader for Montana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although there have been many stories about Americans Elect over the last year, this Billings Gazette story is unusual, because it focuses on one individual who was not involved in founding Americans Elect, but who became very interested in the group and is now the Delegate Leader for his state, Montana. He is Mark Higgins, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/11/billings-gazette-article-on-americans-elect-leader-for-montana/</link>
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		<title>Libertarian Party Submits South Dakota Petition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 10, the Libertarian Party submitted approximately 12,000 signatures to become a qualified party in South Dakota. The legal requirement is 7,928. This is the first petition that the Libertarian Party has submitted in any state since June 2011, when it turned in its Arkansas petition. However, recently the party has been turning in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/11/libertarian-party-submits-south-dakota-petition/</link>
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		<title>Geoff Pallay&#8217;s Summary of Current Redistricting News in Seventeen States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Geoff Pallay has this summary of redistricting news from seventeen states at Ballot News. The update was released on February 10, so is very up-to-date.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/11/geoff-pallays-february-10-summary-of-redistricting-across-the-nation/</link>
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		<title>Illinois Green Party Holds Party Sponsored-On line Presidential Primary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Illinois Green Party is holding its own presidential primary on the internet, for members of the party. People are permitted to join the party on the same day they vote in the party&#8217;s presidential primary. Here is a link to the process.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/10/illinois-green-party-holds-party-sponsored-on-line-presidential-primary/</link>
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		<title>California Governor Signs Bill that Eliminates Write-in Space on General Election Ballots for Congress and State Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 10, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1413, which removes write-in space from general election ballots for Congress and state partisan office. California is the only state that has ever had write-ins, but which doesn&#8217;t have them any longer, except for Louisiana. States that formerly did not have write-in space on general election [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/10/california-governor-signs-bill-that-eliminates-write-in-space-on-general-election-ballots-for-congress-and-state-office/</link>
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		<title>Texas Congressman Advocates August 2012 Primary for Congress and Legislature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 10, U.S. House member Joe Barton of Texas filed a brief with the 3-judge U.S. District Court in San Antonio that is hearing the redistricting lawsuit, advocating that the San Antonio court wait until the 3-judge U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. decides whether the legislature&#8217;s plan violates the Voting Rights Act. Barton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/10/texas-congressman-advocates-august-2012-primary-for-congress-and-legislature/</link>
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		<title>New York Plaintiffs in Favors v Cuomo Lawsuit Appeal to Court to Take Over New York Redistricting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in November 2011, a group of New York community leaders, and persons interested in government and elections, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, asking the Court to take over redistricting of U.S. House and legislative districts, on the theory that the New York legislature had proved itself incapable of doing the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/10/new-york-plaintiffs-in-favors-lawsuit-appeal-to-court-to-take-over-new-york-redistricting/</link>
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		<title>Indiana Republican Primary Ballot Might Include Patricia Sandifer, Who Only Filed One Petition Signature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 10 at noon was the deadline for Indiana candidates running in a primary to file. The Indiana Secretary of State&#8217;s web page now lists five candidates who filed for the Republican presidential primary ballot: Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Patricia Inez Sandifer, who lives in Indiana. She only submitted one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/10/indiana-republican-primary-ballot-might-include-patricia-sandifer-who-only-filed-one-petition-signature/</link>
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		<title>Improved Virginia Bill, Making 2012 Petitioning Possible Now, Passes House Committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 10, Virginia HB 1151 passed the House Privileges and Elections Committee unanimously. This is the bill that says the old U.S. House districts should be used for anyone circulating a petition for either primary ballot access, or general election ballot access, this year. The Committee amended the bill to make it applicable to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/10/improved-virginia-bill-making-2012-petitioning-possible-now-passes-house-committee/</link>
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