[Sosfbay-discuss] PA Republican Supporting Ballot Access Reform...

[Edward]

...and WI & NY Democrats supporting weekend election days!



>From Ballot Access News: On July 17, Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer (R-Lancaster and
Lebanon Counties) contacted the Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition,
and requested a copy of the Coalition’s original 2007 ballot access
proposal. The Senator said he is not interested in Representative Kerry
Benninghoff’s idea for replacing mandatory petitions with filing fees.
Senator Folmer wants ideas for a bill specifically to help minor
parties. The Coalition’s original proposal, submitted to all
legislators last year, was a ballot access system similar to Delaware’s
system. In Delaware, minor parties that attain a certain number of
registered voters are considered qualified parties, and nominate by
convention, and are automatically on the November ballot.

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The weekend voting bills are HR 6240 and S 2638. I don't understand why
it has to be the first weekend after the first Friday of November and
why it is not just the first weekend of November.



I have already emailed the Pennsylvanian state senator thanking him for
his initial actions and hopefully if more people from outside his
district email him, he will see that his advocacy is actually something
that can indirectly impact millions of Americans who live in states
with restrictive ballot access laws like Pennsylvania.



Also, neither of the Congressional bills has any co-sponsors (except
Hillary for S 2638). Let's get the GPCA to ask all on their lists to
email Boxer, Feinstein, and our local reps to ask that they not only
co-sponsor these bills, but to advocate for them once they reach the
floors of their respective chambers.



These three pieces of legislation may not be the end-all-be-all of the problem, but they sure help.



-Edward




      
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