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1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 08-Apr-2023 23:43:31 EDT Ji Fu
   Well that's a pleasent surprize.
   Arkansas Governor Signs Bill that Improves Ballot Access For Newly-Qualifying Parties | Ballot Access News https://ballot-access.org/2023/04/08/arkansas-governor-signs-bill-that-improves-ballot-access-for-newly-qualifying-parties/
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 09-Apr-2023 20:33:18 EDT lnxw48a1

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      Those comments! Wow!
      
      Anyway, the article doesn't specify _how_ the new law improves third parties' ballot access, but I'm happy to see voters have better access to alternatives to the #twin_parties.
      1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 13:29:45 EDT Ji Fu

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         @LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} makes the window to collect & signatures longer, dicreases the total number of signatures necessary, and allows more people to be eligible for signing petitions for new parties. www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/D…
   2. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 13:31:05 EDT Ji Fu

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      From what little I know about AR politics I would expect its because lawmakers are protecting for a third party run of Trump doesn't get the GOP nod in '24
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 14:48:55 EDT lnxw48a1

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         @fu I'm just guessing, but I'd expect one of the objectives of the various prosecutions that are springing up in various places is to make #Trump ineligible for office. That would make a "Trump party" useless.
         1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 10-Apr-2023 22:31:23 EDT Ji Fu

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            @LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} yeah thats not going to happen. Especially as there is nothing national election law, but 51 seperate ones. If he were to win the electoral colleg and then th courts refused to seat him it would awful, unless you are hoping for bloody revolution. I hate to say it yhe best thing for the country would be for Trump to die. I dislike Biden nearly as much as I dislike Trump, but if Joe carred about America the best thing he could do is pardon Trump. And shortly after indicate he's not running for reelection.