June 14, 2026
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Posted at Ballot Access News
In approximately half the states, the number of signatures required for a new party, or an independent candidate, depends on how many voters voted in the last election, or on how many people were registered to vote in the last election.
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Ballot Access News reports on efforts underway in Texas and Pennsylvania not to make ballot access more reasonable.
In Pennsylvania, State House member Eddie Pashinski (D-Wilkes-Barre) has agreed to introduce the Pennsylvania ballot access reform bill in next year’s legislative session.…
In our blog comments, Richard Winger of Ballot Access News writes:
For Libertarians, we especially need bills (in states not mentioned above) in Alabama (definition of party, fewer signatures), Alaska (definition of party), Illinois (fewer signatures), Massachusetts (primary ballot access), New Hampshire (definition of party, substitution, ability to register into unqualified parties), New Mexico (no more double petitions), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (definition of party), Virginia (definition of party).
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Ed, Art, Socialist Party Members, Family and Friends:
No, it is Stewart and I who wish to thank all of the SP members, friends, family and volunteers who worked so hard, and gave of themselves so generously in our 2008 campaign.…
In a comment at Green Party Watch, Richard Winger of Ballot Access News writes:
The months of November and December of any even-numbered year are the PRIME months to ask state legislators to introduce bills to improve ballot access (and to introduce bills on any subject).
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posted by Green Party political director Brent McMillan in a comment at Ballot Access News
Wins for the Green Party, what we know so far:
Arkansas
Richard Carroll was elected to Arkansas State Legislature, District 34.
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Ballot Access News reports
As a result of the recent election, the Oklahoma and Tennessee legislatures, for the first time ever, are under Republican control in both houses.
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Posted at Ballot Access News
The Libertarian Party candidates for U.S. House will have polled over 1,000,000 votes, as soon as all the votes are counted.
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Posted at Ballot Access News
No federal court has ever struck down any state’s law, on how a party remains on the ballot. However, the Arkansas Green Party, and the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, are in an excellent position to file such lawsuits and win them.
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