Sep
20
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
The California Secretary of State has placed this chart on her web page. It shows how many signatures Americans Elect submitted on its petition to be a party, by county. If a particular county has already checked signatures (using a random sample), the chart shows the results. So far, the validity is at 76.8%, which shows that the petition is very likely to succeed. The chart will be updated Read more »
Sep
20
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On September 25, the Green Party national steering committee will begin voting on a location for the 2012 national convention. Baltimore and Sacramento have submitted bids. Both cities propose dates for the convention of July 13-15, 2012.
The Green Party 2008 convention was July 10-12. The party’s 2004 and 2000 national conventions were in late June. Read more »
Sep
20
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On November 8, Virginia elects a new legislature. Virginia has 100 House seats, all of which are up. In only 29 districts will voters see both a Democrat and a Republican on the ballot. Most districts only have one person on the ballot. Also running for the 100 House seats are five independent candidates, two Independent Green Party nominees, and two Libertarians. Read more »
Sep
20
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
Arizona has registration by party. Traditionally, the voter registration form section for “Party Preference” has just consisted of a blank line, and anyone filling out the form can write in the name of a party. Voters who leave it blank are classed as independents.
This year, the legislature passed HB 2701, dealing with voter registration. It Read more »
Sep
20
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On September 19, Tim Quinn, an independent candidate for Mayor of Elyria, Ohio, at the November 8, 2011 election, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to get on the ballot. His petition was not questioned, but he was still kept off the ballot because he voted in the partisan primary. The Ohio election law has no law, saying that independent candidates must not have voted in a partisan Read more »
Sep
20
2011
Source: Ballot Access News
On September 19, the California Court of Appeals issued a 30-page opinion in Field v Bowen, A129946. It upholds the discriminatory law that allows members of qualified parties to list their party on the ballot, but does not allow members of unqualified parties to list their party on the ballot. Read more »
