Free & Equal to hold press conference on filing fee bill at 11am tomorrow
Christina Tobin, founder and Chair of Free & Equal, will hold a press conference tomorrow at 11am. Christina will release the language for a proposed bill to allow filing fees in lieu of signatures, for ballot access. The press conference will take place at Free & Equal’s Chicago office on 407 S. Dearborn St., Suite [...]
Amicus brief filed in Supreme Court for Georgia ballot access lawsuit
The Free and Equal Elections Foundation filed an amicus brief yesterday in Coffield v Kemp, along with the Center for Competitive Democracy and the Coalition for Free and Open Elections (COFOE). You can read the amicus brief here. In the suit, 2008 independent Congressional candidate Faye Coffield filed suit in U.S. District Court in Georgia, [...]
Free & Equal to file amicus brief in Georgia ballot access lawsuit
Since 1964, not even one third party or independent candidate has appeared on the Georgia ballot for U.S. House of Representatives. In the last 10 years, Georgia has been the only state to have no minor party or independent candidates on the ballot for the office. Georgia law requires that new party and independent candidates [...]
