Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

The latest issue highlights a series of fights over who gets on the ballot, including an Illinois ruling upholding a steep 5% signature requirement for independent House candidates and the Forward Party’s unsuccessful effort to get its statewide nominees on the New Mexico ballot.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This edition is led by a major Eighth Circuit ruling striking down South Dakota’s early petition deadline and strengthening future challenges to restrictive ballot-access laws.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This edition examines a historic shift: for the first time, Republican challenges to minor-party and independent ballot access outnumber Democratic challenges.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

The two major parties are losing their grip on the electorate even as ballot-access laws become more restrictive.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

The latest edition focuses on how mid-decade redistricting is reshaping ballot access, with Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee temporarily easing rules for U.S. House candidates in 2026 after late map changes — while Alabama largely did not.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This edition underscores how access to the ballot — often overlooked — is becoming a central battleground in American politics.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

An Arizona state court ruled that political parties cannot change their names without explicit permission from state law, forcing the Arizona Independent Party to revert to its previous “No Labels” name pending appeal.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This issue highlights intensifying criticism of California’s top-two primary system, amid the real possibility that November’s ballot could list only two Republicans with no write-in option.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This issue covers a major Supreme Court ruling strengthening candidates’ rights to challenge election laws that produce inaccurate vote totals, even when the outcome isn’t in doubt.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

Washington, D.C. formally adopts ranked-choice voting, Congress introduces its most ambitious national RCV bills yet, and a wave of lawsuits and Supreme Court cases could reshape ballot access, campaign finance, and voting rights nationwide.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This issue highlights how California’s crowded Democratic field could let two Republicans advance in the state’s top-two gubernatorial primary, a scenario not seen before in a statewide race.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

Here are the top stories in this edition:

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

This month’s edition shows just how much the rules of democracy are in flux.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

A Second Circuit ruling gives states wide latitude to censor ballot labels in New York’s “Independence Party” case.

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The percentage of voters who are members of the two major political parties is now just 65% — the lowest in history.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

During June, restrictive ballot access laws passed in Iowa and Vermont, but were defeated in Delaware and New Hampshire.

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News.

The U.S. Supreme Court advanced the initiative process for the first time since 2015. There’s also a useful chart outlining the petition requirements for each state.

Just for members: A new issue of Ballot Access News.

The irony is that the law was already very severe. Wyoming was one of only four states that had fewer than four presidential candidates on the ballot last year.