Sentences with phrase «improved ballot access»

Other proponents of improved ballot access will be joining him.

On January 28, Massachusetts Representative Dan Winslow (R - Norfolk) will introduce two bills to improve ballot access.

HB 32, which improves ballot access, has already passed the House and the Senate Rules Committee, but it has been unclear when it will go to the Senate.

On April 10, several North Carolina legislators from both major parties introduced HB 794, to improve ballot access.

GOP opposition in the state Senate has blocked laws to improve ballot access in New York, critics argue.

On April 10, the Missouri Senate Elections Committee unanimously passed HB 1236, the bill that improves ballot access for newly - qualifying parties.

The Senate version leaves the current 5 % formula, but improves ballot access in midterm years by changing the base for the calculation from 5 % of the vote cast in the preceding Read more»

Alabama State Senator Cam Ward (R - Alabaster) has introduced two bills to improve ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates.

Georgia did improve ballot access for statewide office only, in 1979 and again in 1986.

Oklahoma State Senator Rob Johnson (R - Kingfisher) has introduced SB 668, which does not improve ballot access for newly - qualifying parties in presidential election years, but which does improve it in midterm years.

Bills to improve ballot access are pending in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.

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Independent candidate ballot access in Illinois improved in 2007, as a result of the lawsuit Lee v Keith.

On March 4, the Birmingham News again published a column by Joey Kennedy, deploring Alabama ballot access and publicizing SB 265, the bill to cut the number of signatures in half and improve the deadline somewhat.

Improving New York State's voter registration and ballot access measures with an eye on moving toward a statewide vote - by - mail program

Miner pointed to a need to improve access to the ballot box and for nonpartisan redistricting.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

Another piece of his agenda that Cuomo has already announced is his «Democracy Project,» which includes several measures to make online political advertisements more transparent; secure elections from cyberattacks, and improve New Yorkers» access to the ballot box through measures like early voting.

A bill to improve North Carolina ballot access will be introduced in both houses of the legislature in early February.

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.