April 3, 2026
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From Ballot Access News:
Except for newly-qualifying parties, Idaho technically provides for a primary for all ballot-qualified parties. However, no primary is held when only one candidate files in any particular party’s primary for any particular office.…
By Mario Moretto
In a lively media release, independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler urged Republican Gov. Paul LePage to fire high-level officials at the Department of Health and Human Services, saying the department is wracked by “a culture of irresponsibility and an embarrassing epidemic of mismanagement.”…
Ken Krawchuk, the Libertarian candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, formally
kicked off the party’s 2014 petition drive for collecting the necessary
signatures to get the Libertarian Party candidates on the November ballot.…
The lawyer for the Libertarian Party of Oregon, C. Robert Steringer, has sent a letter to the Secretary of State of that state refuting Tyler Smith’s letter to the SOS, which was dated 2-19-2014.…
Theodora “Tonie” Nathan was the first woman — and the first Jew — to receive an electoral vote in a US presidential election.
Not Geraldine Ferraro.…
An editorial (ok a rant) from IPR’s owner:
Gary Johnson continues his effort to fragment the liberty movement. In his latest email he included the image below:
Johnson is plying libertarians with empty words.…
The new monthly issue of the Constituiton Party’s “American Constitutionist” newsletter is now available online:
http://www.constitutionparty.com/assets/2014.03-NewsletterFinal2.pdf…
By Eric Robinson
Massachusetts election reform bill, HB 3788, is currently being considered by the state House after passing the Senate, 37-1. At this point, the bill offers many reforms to Massachusetts voting which expand the voting rights of Massachusetts, including early voting, online voter registration, pre-registration for 16-year-olds, post-election audits of voting machines, and inactive voting reform.…
Via Ballot Access News:
On March 19, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson ruled that the Ohio law requiring paid circulators to identify their employer on each petition sheet is probably constitutional.…