Archive for June, 2010
Circus of petition challenges in Illinois
Monday, June 28 2010, was the last day for filing objections to candidate petition signatures in Illinois for the November election. There were 81 objections filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections by 22 different objectors against a number of candidates. Christina Tobin, CEO of Free & Equal Inc., today responded to those petition [...]
Texas Green Party Appeals Ballot Decision
The Wall Street Journal has this article, “Texas Green Party Appeals Ballot Decision”, with an update on the ballot access struggles for the Green Party of Texas.
“Green Party attorneys on Monday asked the Texas Supreme Court to reconsider the ruling in time for the party to make its July 2 deadline to submit [...]
Mary Norwood Sues Current Fulton County Commission Chairman’s Campaign
Free & Equal is about justice for independent candidates and independent voters nationwide. Georgia already has the toughest ballot access requirements in the country. These nonsensical technicalities only make it even more difficult for good public servants like Mary Norwood to participate in our elections. We intend to get Norwood on [...]
Cook County Republicans following George Ryan’s political playbook
Christina Tobin, founder of Free and Equal Elections Foundation, released a statement today in response to an email recently put out by the Cook County Republicans on behalf of the Illinois Republican Party.
The email started with a shocking admission by Illinois Republicans that they intend to challenge candidates’ petitions based on [...]
Mary Norwood Needs 22,700 Signatures To Run For Office
Free & Equal, Inc. is proud to be the “national firm” in the article below helping Mary Norwood get on the ballot in Fulton County, Georgia. According to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, “Fulton County only had 206,160 votes cast for Governor in November 2006. Norwood’s petition hurdle, in practice, thus [...]
Free & Equal Inc. Brochure
Free & Equal Inc. has released a brochure describing our services. Click on the image below to view it, or right click and choose choose “Save Target As” or “Save Link As” to download.
Free and Equal Issues Statement in Response to Recent Texas Media Reports
Free and Equal Issues Statement in Response to Recent Texas Media Reports
Free and Equal Elections is proud to stand next to the Green Party of Texas today to release this joint statement concerning Texas media reports involving Texas Democratic Party Chair Boyd Ritchie’s anti-democratic attack on the Green Party’s recent petition drive [...]
Free and Equal, Inc. congratulates the Green Party for their success in Texas
Free and Equal, Inc. congratulates the Green Party for their success in Texas that will give voters more choices on their state ballots.
Free and Equal, Inc. is proud of our work in Texas overcoming their anti-democratic ballot access hurdle by collecting 91,655 signatures in 12 days in order to give Texas voters another choice on [...]
Free & Equal, Inc. is a full-service ballot access consulting and petitioning firm specializing in ballot access for independent and third party candidates.
