Tennessee Election Returns for Green Congressional Candidates Show the Value...
Source: Ballot Access News Lawsuits are pending in Alabama and Tennessee in which the state argues that having party labels on the ballot for minor party nominees is not helpful to those nominees....
View ArticleAlabama Libertarians: 250 Word Issue Statements
Source: Independent Political Report I’ve signed up to help write issue statements of up to 250 words (200-250 word range ideally) for the new Alabama LP website http://alibertarians.com/. There are a...
View ArticleGroups Lobbying for Better Ballot Access in Alabama and Tennessee Each...
Source: Ballot Access News Activists in Alabama, and in Tennessee, are each working for fairer ballot access by lobbying the state legislature. Here is the Tennessee group’s facebook page, and here is...
View ArticleSponsors for Alabama Ballot Access Bill Found in Both Houses
Source: Ballot Access News A ballot access improvement bill will be introduced in Alabama on February 5. In the Senate it will be introduced by Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster); in the House by...
View ArticleLots wrong with Alabama’s election system, but the worst is ballot access...
Source: al.com (via Ballot Access News) Anybody who cares probably saw that the Pew Charitable Trusts released a study that found significant problems with the American election system and especially...
View ArticleMinor Parties File Brief, Asking U.S. District Court to Find Alabama’s March...
Source: Ballot Access News On February 12, the Alabama Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties filed this brief, asking a U.S. District Court to rule that the March petition deadline for...
View ArticleAlabama Files Brief in Minor Party Ballot Access Case
Source: Ballot Access News On February 12, attorneys representing the Alabama Secretary of State filed this 15-page brief, in defense of the state’s petition requirement for newly-qualifying parties....
View ArticleNew Ballot Access Improvement Bills Expected Early Next Week
Source: Ballot Access News A ballot access improvement bill is expected to be introduced in North Carolina on Monday, February 25. It will reduce the number of signatures for newly-qualifying parties...
View ArticleBirmingham News Hosts One-Hour Chat Today with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Joey...
Source: Ballot Access News The Birmingham News hosts a one-hour chat today (Tuesday, February 26) with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joey Kennedy. Kennedy will discuss the current legislative...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Bill Details Revealed; Bill to be Introduced February 28
Source: Ballot Access News Alabama Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) will introduce a ballot access bill on February 28. The legislative counsel has finished drafting the bill. It will lower the number of...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Bill is SB 265
Source: Ballot Access News Alabama State Senator Cam Ward’s ballot access bill is SB 265. It cuts the number of signatures in half (for newly-qualifying parties, and non-presidential independent...
View ArticleBirmingham News Again Publicizes Ballot Access Issue
Source: Ballot Access News On March 4, the Birmingham News again published a column by Joey Kennedy, deploring Alabama ballot access and publicizing SB 265, the bill to cut the number of signatures in...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Bill Has Hearing March 19
Source: Ballot Access News The Alabama Senate Constitution & Elections Committee will hear SB 265 on March 19. This is the bill to lower the number of signatures needed for newly-qualifying parties...
View ArticleRegion 7 Report To LNC
Source: Independent Political Report Region 7 Report. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas. March 16-17, 2013. By Gary Johnson and Paulie Frankel. Alabama. The Libertarian Party of Alabama...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Trial Postponed Until September
Source: Ballot Access News The lawsuit filed by the Alabama Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties in 2012, arguing that the March petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties is...
View ArticleAlabama Ballot Access Bill Advances
Source: Ballot Access News On April 4, the Alabama Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics & Elections Committee passed SB 265 by a vote of 5-0. This is the bill by Senator Cam Ward that...
View ArticleVirgil Goode is a Co-Plaintiff in Pending Lawsuit in Alabama Over...
Source: Ballot Access News Virgil Goode, Constitution Party presidential nominee in 2012, is one of two co-plaintiffs in a case now pending in the Alabama Supreme Court that says the Alabama Secretary...
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