Ballot Access News Explained

Ballot Access News
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Publisher:Richard Winger
Editor:Richard Winger and Bill Redpath
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Foundation:1985
Headquarters:San Francisco, California
Website:https://ballot-access.org/

Ballot Access News is a United States-based website and monthly online and print newsletter edited and published by Bill Redpath and Richard Winger.

History

Richard Winger, an expert on ballot access law in the United States, started the newsletter to advocate "fair and equitable ballot access laws" in 1985.

On June 1, 2023, Richard Winger announced that Bill Redpath, former chair of the Libertarian National Committee, would replace him as editor of the newsletter.[1] However, Winger continues to write as an editor.

Content

Ballot Access News reports on state and federal court decisions, compares American ballot access laws to those of other democratic nations,[2] covers developments on electoral systems such as instant-runoff voting, and documents the number of votes independent and minor party candidates receive.[3] [4] The newsletter also records the activities of the Coalition for Free and Open Elections, an interest group of minor party members and others working together on ballot access law reform issues.[5]

Notable citations

Reporting by Ballot Access News has been cited by ABC News,[6] Politico,[7] Reuters,[8] and the Washington Post.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Winger . Richard . 2023-06-01 . Personnel Change for Ballot Access News . 2023-08-13 . Ballot Access News . en-US.
  2. Web site: Avlon, John P. . December 30, 2011 . How ballot access laws hurt voters . April 25, 2012 . CNN . Opinion . The United States is the only nation in the world, save Switzerland, that does not have uniform federal ballot access laws, according to Ballot Access News, a website run by Richard Winger that is dedicated to the issue..
  3. Web site: Nash . Phil Tajitsu . January 21, 2004 . Washington Journal; The Primary Season Begins . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131111044543/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-92202122.html . November 11, 2013 . April 25, 2012 . . Ballot Access News is the place where third parties across the political spectrum go to see how others have fared in trying to break the stranglehold of the two currently-dominant American political parties..
  4. Web site: Breidenbach . Michelle . September 5, 2002 . Reason to follow in Dad's footsteps . dead . https://archive.today/20130126002505/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-91123552.html . January 26, 2013 . April 25, 2012 . . A new report from Ballot Access News shows the Green Party as the only national political party to gain members in the last two years.
  5. Book: Democracy's Moment: Reforming the American Political System for the 21st Century . Rowman & Littlefield. Hayduk, Ronald. Kevin Mattson. 2002. 57. 978-0-7425-1750-9. Kevin Mattson.
  6. News: August 8, 2016 . How an Independent Candidate for President Can Enter Now and Compete . ABC News.
  7. News: Scher . Bill . April 19, 2020 . Will the Pandemic Keep Third Parties Off the 2020 Ballot? . Politico.
  8. News: October 11, 2012 . Roseanne Barr among presidential candidates on Florida ballot . Reuters.
  9. News: February 28, 2020 . For the first time, there are fewer registered Republicans than independents . Washington Post.

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