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February 2, 1992

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SUPREME URT RULES FOR RIG T TO "CREATE ANDDEVELOP" NEW POLl PARTIES

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On January 14, 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court issued anopinion in Norman v Reed, the lllinois ballot access deci­sion concerning th . party's attempt to

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INDIANA SETBACK CONGRESS ON DEBATESIndiana's Senate Elections Committee passed SB 307 onJanuary 21, but bill carries almost no ballot accessimprovements. ittee rejected an amendment tolower the number of signatures needed for third party andindependent candidates from 2% ofthe last vote cast (over30,000 signatures), to a flat 15,000 signatures. TheCommittee also rejected an amendment to change the votetest from 2% in the Secretary of State's race, to 2% forany . ffice. Ho ill does provide that avoter etition (current lawprovi one group's petition).

BAD COLORADO BILL PENDING

U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone will introduce the"Democracy in Debates" bill in the U.S. Senate inFebruary. This will be the first time any bill has everbeen introduced in the U.S. Senate specifically to helpthird political parties. The bill was introduced in theHouse last year by Congressman Timothy Penny.

Senator Wellstone will hold a press conference to an-nounce the bill a John B. Anderson, An ouand Lenora Ful e ted t ear. The ro-vides that general elect resid debates must in-elude third party and independen ential candidateswho have raised t $500,00 will appear on theballot in at least 40 s tes.

HAWAII WRITE-IN BRIEFS FILED

SANDERS WON'T HELP BALLOTBUT MARYLAND HOPEFUL

Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the only inde-pendent member 1 that hewould not in ce e 1 0 0 ve ballotaccess laws in ral elections.

The bill had been introduced by Congressman JohnConyers of Michigan in 1985, 1987 and 1989, butConyers stated last year that he was too busy to introduceit again.

Sanders' letter states, "As you know, CoConyers t to reintrodu s bilI feel fer to his jud nt.

Marylandas aDemis elected. He' ced alegislature to reform ballot ss in that state. Denbrowfaces a tough on March 3 and welcomes campaigncontributions. Dembrow for Congress, 11215 OakLeaf Dr., #908, Silver Spring Md 20901.

SUPREME COURT ON DEBATES

On January 22, the Colorado Senate State AffairsCommittee considered SB 74, which increases the numberof es needed' .ndependentcandl or stat ceo Thebill was introduce y lcan ena or BonnieAllison. The committee voted 3-3 on the bill. Anothervote will be taken, perhaps as early as February 5.

ird party and inde­to obtain 1,00005,000.

mdependent candidatestain 600 signatures, or 20% of the

whichever is less. The bill would havechanged the requirement to 20% in all cases, which wouldmean that can . county office wou .need 50,00tional, sin5% is theCourt has alsflce in just pnumber ofsign

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riv17. onmary ballot and he is asking that mocra, epublicansand independents choose the Libertarian ballot and vote forhim.

Marrou spent a dayHampshire town which vo esall election cis able to get s y morn-ing newspapers. Newspapers enjoy reporting the town'svote, since for all practical purposes the vote is a dayahead of every other town's vote, and it is treated as abellwether.

ALASKA INDEPENDENCE PARTY TOCHOOSE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

The Alaska Independence Party, the only qualified thirdparty in the state, expects to name a candidate residentat its state convention in Fairbanks, Feb 6. Theparty has been qualified since 1982 but ever beforerun a presidential date. The party wi! ablychoose 1. J 'tz, who is a gthe no of the 0 Party and the encanParty of South Carolina. owever, Joseph Vogler,chairman of the party, opposes nomin' . lessGritz is willing to say that he believes s ou d havethe same right to choose i Puerto Rico has.

psan inent conservaticept the party's presidential nomination. . ce he couldn'trmd one, the party will go ahead with a presidential cam­paign with Phillips as the candidate. However, if a moreprominent es the nomination, Phillips willresign the 's favor.

Phillips expec New York Right-to-Life Party, theAmerican In dent Party of California, and theMichigan Tisch Independent Citizens Party, to nominatehim, although none has ially yet illipsalso hopes to Ameri ofSouth Carol'

KENTUCKY SOLON WANTS NEW PARTYJohn Harper, a former Republican nominee for Governorof Kentucky and a member of the House, announced lastNovember that he intends to form a new political party, tobe called the United Party. The party is soliciting mem-bers and does me g' re inother politi Harper ionthis year but as the di s own newparty because the election code won't Ie candidateswitch parties this close to an election.

The party dermes i as "centrist" and200 North Buc ., Shepherdsville,

TAXPAYERS PARTY TO RUN PIDLLIPS

ntiale mary. run a presi-

denti campatgn m every e ection since 1948.

The Workers World Party still hasn't decided whether torun a presidential candidate or not. It ran a presidentialcampaignd

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MASSACHUSETIS PRIMARY

OTHER CALIFORNIA PRIMARIES

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arty wil bably 0 y can<llidat

3. Libertarian Party: even though the party has alreadynominated its presid candidate, it plans to list itsnominee, Andre Marrou, on its presidential primary.

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The p ready filed and won an earlier lawsuit, onDecember 3, 1991. At the time it w a qualifiedparty. It asked the S State of its regis-tered members, some ified parties are entitled to.The Secretary of State refused to provide the list, so theparty sued, and won a court order. Bloom v Bu, SuperiorCourt, Sacramento County.

There is still no fmal, official total of the number of reg­istrants the party obtained in California by the December31,1991 deadline, but the number is over 100000

The

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Jul15Aug 14

Aug 4Aug 27

Sep 1Jun 2

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Sep 15Sep4

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Aug 25June 10

Aug 5Ju127Sep 8

Aug 18Jun26Sep4

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Aug 20May 11

Sep 1Sep 17Aug 21Ju125Aug 1Sep 1

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Aug 3Jul1

Jul16ap. May 1ap.Jan.2

Mar 12Aug 1

June 10

May 2Apr 7

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Dec 31,91

DEADLINES

PARTY CAND.

Aug 31 Aug 31Aug 24 Aug 24May 16 Sep 18

Jan. 2 Sep 15Dec 31, 91 Aug 7

Aug 4Aug 14Jul15

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REQUIREMENTS

FULL PARTY CAND.

12,157 5,0002,035 2,035

14,072 10,55520,890 0

(reg) 79,188 134,781no procedure 5,000no procedure 14,620

(reg.) 144 2,879no procedure (es) 2,600

180,935 60,31226,955 27,009

4,534 4,1778,180 4,090

no procedure 25,00029,890

1,0005,0005,000

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(es) 70,000*10,00025,6462,0001,000

20,8609,5312,5009,392

STATE

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareD.C.FloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIda1¥>IllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMaryland

MicM'MisMissouMontanaNebraskaNevada

1992 PETITIONINGSIGNATURES COLLECTED

NAP GREEN POPULIST

2,700 0 0o already on 50

*6,200 *9,500 *2,200o 0 0o already on 0o 0 0000

*~ 0 0can't start can't start

o 0o 0o *4,400o 350

already on can't start*250 0

o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0

*9,000 0can't start can't start

o 0can't start can't start

o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0

*1,900 0o 0

already on 0can't start can't start

*1,100 0o 0

100 0oma 0 0

Oregon 0 8,000Pe can't start startRh can't startSouth Carolina 10,000 0 already onSouth Dakota 6,419 , 8 0Tennessee 19,759 25 0 *28Texas 38,900 54,269 already on can't startUtah 500 300 already on fInishedVermont just be org. 1,000 alreadyon alreadyonVirginia noprocedure (es) 14,500 0 0Washington no procedure 200 can't start can't startWest Va. no procedure 6,534 0 0Wisconsin 10,000 2,000 already on can't startWyoming 8,000 7,903 already on 0

LIBT = Libertarian; NAP = New Alliance. Other qualifIed national parties: Soc. Workers inN. M, and Workers World in Mich. & N.M. "FULL PARTY REQ." means e by qualify before itnominates its candidates. Not every state has such a procedure. "CANDIDATE REQ." s a procedure which names a . e.* entry has changed since the last issue. The PacifIc Party in Oregon has 7,300. The ers Party has 350 in Idaho 0 inMaryland. The Workers League has 1,500 in Michigan and 200 in New Jersey.

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