Until Thursday, it seemed Marchione would have
clear access to the ballot as a Conservative candidate even if she lost to McDonald in the GOP primary.
Not exact matches
The contrived nature of the system is even more abundantly
clear when it comes
to the discriminatory burdens placed on the nation's minor parties and independent candidates, whether the issue is unfair
ballot access laws or the arbitrary and exclusionary 15 percent polling threshold imposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) on the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Greens — or any other third - party presidential candidate, for that matter —
to appear in the nationally - televised debates this autumn.
It has two
ballot access improvements: (1) it moves the independent candidate petition deadline (for office other than President) from March
to May; (2) it makes it
clear that the law, barring independent candidates from the
ballot if they had too close an association with any political party, doesn't apply
to actions taken outside Montana.
It has two
ballot access improvements: (1) it moves the independent candidate petition deadline (for office other than President) from March
to May; (2) it makes it
clear that the law, barring independent candidates from the
ballot if they had too close an association with any political party, doesn't apply
to actions taken outside Read more»
Charter public school parents and advocates made their voices
clear at the
ballot box in support of parent choice and improved
access to quality public schools for every student.