State Rep. Ethan Manning, who represents a district centered around Peru, has introduced a bill to place the same requirements for every statewide candidate nominated by party convention instead of by primary to make the November general election ballot that the 2 main parties have for their candidates to make their primary ballot - 4500 signatures with 500 from each congressional district. The only state-recognized party that nominates by convention are the Libertarians. As Richard Winger states at Ballot Access News, this is nonsensical.
(State law is setup such that parties that garner more than 10% in the most recent Secretary of State race get access to a state primary, and parties that get between 2 and 10% in the most recent Secretary of State race do not have access to the state primary, but can nominate by Convention. Parties that receive less than 2% do not get automatic ballot access for the next 4 years.)
I'm officially a county party chair.
That's really crummy. I assume they're proposing this because Rainwater did so well?
