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North Carolina Ballot Access Bill Passes House
… Read more ...On June 7, the North Carolina House passed HB 32, which lowers the number of signatures for previously unqualified parties, and independent candidates. Existing law requires over 85,000 signatures for statewide independent candidates, or new parties. The bill lowers that (for 2012) to approximately 18,000 signatures.
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Briefing Schedule Set in Nader Lawsuit Against Democratic National Committee for 2004 Behavior
February 16th, 2011
The Maine Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule in Nader v Maine Democratic Party, et al, case no. washington-county-10-678. This is the tort lawsuit filed in 2009 in which Nader argues that the Democratic National Committee and its allies, in 2004, filed meritless challenges to his ballot access petitions, and engaged in dirty tricks against his circulators.… Read more ...
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Pennsylvania Minor Parties File Brief in 3rd Circuit
October 20th, 2010
… Read more ...On October 20, the Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties of Pennsylvania filed this 39-page brief in the Third Circuit. The case is Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, 10-3205. The issues are the Pennsylvania challenge system that subjects minor parties and independent candidates to the risk of paying up to $100,000 if they submit a petition that is insufficient; Pennsylvania’s abysmal record of counting and tallying write-ins; and the state’s threshold for a party to be ballot-qualified without petitioning.
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An Update for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District – House of Representatives
A historic moment has come about in the 3rd Congressional District of KS. Having met Friday with our Petition Drive Coordinator, Bob Schmidt, we have now surpassed our goal of 5,000 signatures on our Kansas Independent Nomination Petition.… Read more ...
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Portland, Maine Press-Herald Thinks Maine Ballot Access is Too Easy
March 20th, 2010
… Read more ...The Portland, Maine daily newspaper, the Portland Press Herald [also the Maine Sunday Telegram], has this editorial in its March 17 issue. The editorial says it is now too easy for an independent candidate to get on the November ballot.