New York is unique in the 2024 election cycle: It is the only state that has just two candidates on its presidential ballot. In the last 40 years, this has happened in only one other state: Oklahoma.
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Voters know the US political system is broken -- as do the people who create the very policies that control the system.
The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) and the Green Party of New York (GPNY) filed a motion to intervene in Team Kennedy v. Berger, a lawsuit filed by independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in May challenging New York's independent petitioning laws.
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The Kansas House approved a bill Thursday that aims to make it substantially harder for independent candidates to qualify for the statewide ballot. Not only does the bill more than quadruple the current signature requirement, but it eliminates the ability to pay a filing fee in lieu of signature gathering.
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