Sentences with phrase «access to ballots easier»

How about moving deadlines for registering to vote and for changing parties closer to election dates, automatically registering eligible voters when they do business with state agencies, early voting, and making candidates» access to ballots easier?

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Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have sought to apply post-budget pressure to Republicans to consider voter reforms designed to enhance ballot access and make it easier to vote as well as to register.

Minor party activists are working very hard to influence state legislators in at least four states, to either support bills for easier ballot access, or to oppose bills that make it worse.

New York State is well behind other states in providing guarantees of ballot access and making it easy to register to vote.

New York's easy ballot access: New York's election rules allow any «nationally known and recognized» presidential candidates to appear on the ballot, making it easy to gain a ballot line compared to some other states.

As it vies to gain ballot lines, the Reform Party is hoping that funds can be used to build parties in easy ballot access states.

The Reform Party of the United States is seeking to reorganize and strengthen affiliates in states where ballot access is easier to obtain.

While there should be some minimal threshold to get a candidate on the ballot, we should err on the side of easier access rather than limiting it to a well funded and well connected few.

In 1943, Georgia went from having extremely easy ballot access to having very difficult ballot access.

In a few states, such as Minnesota, New Jersey, and Tennessee, where ballot access is difficult to achieve, getting candidates on the ballot is relatively easy.

The Reform Party is attempting to recruit officers for Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado, Vermont and other easy ballot access states.