Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson to endorse Illinois ballot access bill
Free & Equal held a press conference with Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson to support HB2854, a bill in the Illinois legislature which would allow filing fees as an alternative to the petition process. The press conference took place on Thursday, March 24th at 10:45am CST, at Free & Equal’s Chicago office.
You can watch a video of the press conference here.
Rochester mayoral candidate Alex White takes the high road
Rochester, NY is holding a special election for Mayor after former Mayor Robert Duffy won election as Lieutenant Governor. In New York, special elections do not have primaries and independents must collect the same number of signatures as in a general election, but have only two weeks to do so instead of six. New York [...]
All-out assault on democracy in California
Two new bills in the California legislature would make it harder to register voters, and harder to circulate petitions for initiative, referendum and recalls. SB205 would make it illegal to pay people to register voters on a per-registrant basis. SB168 would do the same for people who circulate petitions for recall elections, or to put [...]
Iowa group breaking the law by excluding gay presidential candidate
Fred Karger is a prominent Republican who is considering seeking his party’s Presidential nomination for 2012. He has visited Iowa six times over the past few months, and is already running commercials in the state. Regarding an upcoming candidate forum hosted by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, journalist Michael Jones notes that Karger has [...]
Survey of California Republicans Has Revealing Results
Read the full press release from CfER here. Californians for Electoral Reform conducted a revealing survey of delegates to the California Republican Party state convention last weekend. Using a ranked choice voting ballot, they surveyed the delegates about their presidential picks. The results have Newt Gingrich winning in the fourth instant runoff round. More insights [...]
