For the second session in a row, the Texas Legislature failed to take action on the Texas Voter Choice Act, which would improve Texas’s overly burdensome and obsolete ballot access requirements for independent candidates and minor parties. Instead, the Legislature enacted and Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed HB 2504, a bill that imposes additional filing fee or nomination petition requirements on minor party nominees.
Contact: Oliver B. Hall: 202-248-9294 (Attorney for Plaintiffs) Leon Lazaroff: 212-848-8107 Manager, Media & Communications Shearman & Sterling Court Holds That Texas’s 118-Year-Old Petitioning Proced
Voters often wonder why they find so few choices on the ballot. Is it because candidates aren't interested in running? Or because they don't try hard enough to qualify for the ballot? Maybe. Sometimes
On April 13, 2023, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its mandate confirming dismissal of the oldest pending ballot access case in the nation. The reason? The Court concluded that the Plainti
