“Ninth Circuit Slipshod Opinion Upholds California Secretary of State’s 2012 Decision to Bar Peta Lindsay from Peace & Freedom Party Primary Ballot”
BAN reports. My earlier coverage is here.
Category Archives: ballot access
“Viewpoints: Top-two primary system is eliminating diverse political expression”
Michael Feinstein SacBee oped.
“Congressman John Conyers Probably Will File a Lawsuit to get on Democratic Primary Ballot”
Ballot Access News:
Michigan election officials are likely to keep Congressman John Conyers off the August 5 primary ballot, unless he files and wins a lawsuit. See this story, which explains that Michigan law requires circulators for primary… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania’s Undemocratic Democracy; Candidates frequently get tossed from the ballot before voters have a say. There’s got to be a better way.”
“GOP Operative Pulls Election ‘Shenanigans’ In New York House Race”
Mother Jones:
“What kind of shenanigans are going on now?” That’s what Darin Robbins, a Green Party member in Corning, New York, thought when he learned that a stranger had circulated a petition to place his name on the… Continue reading
“Conyers might fail to qualify for ballot”
Aaron Blake:
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), who stands to become the longest-serving member of Congress if he wins reelection this year, might not even qualify for the ballot.
According to a new report in The Detroit News, two… Continue reading
“Ohio Libertarian Party Loses Primary Ballot Access Lawsuit”
Richard Winger reports. Next stop is SCOTUS.
“South Carolina Supreme Court Rules that Minor Parties Don’t Need to Get Permission from Primary Voters to Continue Nominating by Convention”
Richard Winger explains.
One interesting aspect of the case considers how to interpret laws passed by jurisdictions formerly subject to Voting Rights Act preclearance that put the laws on holding pending preclearance.
“Judge rules Libertarians will stay off ballot”
The latest from Ohio.
“Kentucky Senate passes bill to let Rand Paul run for re-election and president in 2016”
“End the sham, gov: Cuomo must deal a decisive blow against the state’s Independence Party”
NY Daily News editorial.
“Libertarians denied spots on Ohio governor’s, attorney general’s ballot”
Cincinnati Enquirer: “But even with the Democratic involvement, Smith decided the people who gathered signatures for the candidates could be viewed as Libertarians, as required by law. He instead focused on two petition circulators’ failure to indicate who was… Continue reading
“Ohio Secretary of State Removes Libertarian Party Statewide Candidates from the Libertarian Primary Ballot”
Brad Smith Appointed by Jon Husted to Resolve Dispute Over Libertarian Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate
See this report.
Regular blog readers know Smith as a former Republican FEC commissioner and campaign finance expert. But he’s also the author of Bradley A. Smith, Note, Judicial Protection of Ballot-Access Rights: Third Parties Need Not Apply, 28 Harvard… Continue reading