2010 Primaries in NY: Could the month be changed?

Posted on August 29, 2009 by kwilder

from Ballot Access News Federal Legislation May Doom September Primaries August 28th, 2009 The bill moving through Congress to fund the military has an amendment that requires states to postally mail ballots to overseas absentee voters no later than 45 days before the general election. This New York Times story says that New York state […]

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Ballot Access News: Bad legislation moving forward in California

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

Richard Winger at Ballot Access News is very smart, and educated in election law and ballot access issues. I, personally, cannot understand all the implications of a new bill for California. Though, it seems like very bad news for independent, and possibly third party candidates, on a variety of levels. It would be worth taking […]

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NY State Budget passed in same, old way…secretive

Posted on February 4, 2009 by iwilder

KW: It is funny, some of my colleagues were lobbying and sending press releases to ask the Governor and state leaders to do this and that. It seemed like empty work to me – begging the powerful for more money for one’s own pet projects. But, I couldn’t think of what the alternate position was. […]

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