Category Archives: ballot access
“Anti-Trump forces have few options for third party alternative”
Benjy Sarlin reports for MSNBC.
“Anti-Trump Republicans Call for a Third-Party Option”
If that’s what they want, they’d better get moving.
It may already be too late.
“Mississippi will appeal order to change Dem primary ballot”
AP:
Mississippi’s top elections official said Thursday that he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a state court order telling him to add another candidate to the March 8 Democratic presidential primary ballot.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann… Continue reading
“Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid”
“Are Alabama election laws blocking third parties from the ballot?”
“Texas consultant to Rand Paul loses Pa. election law challenge”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
A federal judge has denied a temporary restraining order to a Texas man challenging Pennsylvania election law and seeking to circulate petitions for Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul.
Texas resident Trent Pool, and his firm Benezet Consulting,… Continue reading
“The ‘Bleak’ History of Third-Party Presidential Bids”
Sahil Kapur reports for — wait for it! — Bloomberg.
“Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run”
NYT:
Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J. Trump’s dominance of the Republican field, and… Continue reading
“How Old is Donald Trump?”
New Yorker:
We don’t have third parties here, but we have seen some of the same energies. Surveying the landscape in 2014, David Schleicher, now of Yale Law School, suggested that the basic turn made, both in Europe and… Continue reading
“Political Party’s Lawsuit Challenges Conn. Election Law”
Connecticut Law Tribune:
The Libertarian Party has filed a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut, challenging laws pertaining to gathering signatures on petitions to place candidates on election ballots. Specifically, the Libertarians object to a provision that requires Connecticut… Continue reading
“Donald Trump is an erratic phony. Why believe he won’t try a third-party run?”
Lucia Graves for Guardian Opinion.
“Window for an independent Trump bid is wide open”
I think this Politico piece seriously underestimates the hurdles facing Trump should he choose to run in a third-party bid.