By request of Christina Tobin and reposted from Ballot Access News:
Free & Equal, an organization formed early this year by Christina Tobin, has made a very generous donation of $1,850 to OBAR, Oklahoma Ballot Access Reform.
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By request of Christina Tobin and reposted from Ballot Access News:
Free & Equal, an organization formed early this year by Christina Tobin, has made a very generous donation of $1,850 to OBAR, Oklahoma Ballot Access Reform.
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Ballot Access News reports:
The Constitution Party is petitioning for status as a qualified party for 2010 in both Wyoming and Arizona. The Wyoming drive, which could not legally start until April 1, 2009, already has 250 volunteer signatures.…
Posted at Ballot Access News. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
Two states elect Governors in November 2009, Virginia and New Jersey.
In Virginia, the only known minor party or independent candidate currently petitioning is Glenda Gail Parker of the Independent Green Party.…
Yesterday, the Oklahoma Senate Rules Committee passed HB 1072, a bill that would reduce the amount of signatures a new or previously unqualified party would need to get.…
A U.S. District Court is set to, in late April, hold a trial in the case of Block v. Mollis. The main issue of the case is whether or not there’s any state interest in making it illegal to circulate a petition for a new party in an odd year.…
Ballot Access News reports:
Nader Hawaii 2004 Ballot Access Case Delayed
The 9th circuit will postpone proceedings in Nader v Cronin, the Hawaii 2004 ballot access case over whether a state may require six times as many signatures for a presidential independent candidate as it requires for an entire new party.
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In Ballot Access News, Richard Winger writes
Ken Blackwell Loses Bid to be Republican National Chair
On January 30, the Republican National Committee chose Michael Steele of Maryland to be its new national chair.
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Original blog posts at Ballot Access News by Richard Winger. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
South Carolina Bill for Registration by Party
Eight South Carolina Representatives have introduced H3140, a bill to set up partisan registration in that state.
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Original posts at Ballot Access News by Richard Winger.
Texas Bill Would Create Even Earlier Petition Deadlines
Texas Representative Robert Alonzo (D-Dallas) has introduced HB 246.
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