“Rick Perry sues Virginia to get on primary ballot”
MSNBC reports.
Category Archives: ballot access
Breaking News: Rick Perry Files Suit to Get on Va. Ballot
You can access the complaint here. The complaint focuses on Virginia’s ban on out-of-state circulators of petitions. As I told the Washington Post in connection with a possible suit by Newt Gingrich on the same grounds, such a suit… Continue reading
“Provoking a Virginia election law legal battle: How Gingrich and Perry could still get on the Virginia primary ballot”
The Northern Virginia Lawyer blogs.
“Gingrich faces long odds to compete in Virginia presidential primary”
WaPo reports. As you will see from the article, I agree that Mr. Gingrich is in a very tough position. Though I would not compare it to Pearl Harbor.
When A Majority of Candidates Cannot Qualify for the Va. Presidential Balllot…
the problem is with the ballot access rules, not the candidates. I’m not sure if a lawsuit based upon an equal protection challenge or the ban on out-of-state circulators would succeed at this point, but it should. Voters should have… Continue reading
Problems with Virginia Ballot Access for Republican Presidential Candidates
Americans Elect Responds to Some of Its Internal Democracy Problems
Via email comes the following news about changes it has made to its draft rules in response to criticism, including mine about the ability of the credentials committee to overrule the AE “delegates” and the ability of the Board to… Continue reading
“Editorial: Americans Elect needs to identify its donors”
Sacramento Bee: “There are plenty of questions about Americans Elect and reasons for skepticism. But the organization should answer one threshold question by disclosing its contributors. Secrecy, big money and politics can make for a toxic stew.”
Also in… Continue reading
“Gingrich Heads to Virginia for Ballot Push”
The Caucus: “The Virginia presidential primary is not until March 6, but Newt Gingrich is suddenly veering off the campaign trail and heading there Wednesday with urgent business: get on the ballot. The deadline is Thursday.”
Richard Winger Flags Ridiculously Early (May 14) Presidential Filing Deadline in Texas, Thanks to The Three Judge Court’s Order Today
See comments 4 and 5 here. Maybe someone will seek to intervene in the Texas case and make the constitutional argument this is too early.
Sragow: Americans Elect: A More Democratic Alternative
Earlier I invited Darry Sragow of Americans Elect to write a response to my Politico oped, “A Democracy Deficit at Americans Elect.” He has sent along the following response, which I am reprinting in its entirety (click the to… Continue reading
“Gingrich May Not Qualify for Ohio Ballot”
Oops. Update: a reader emails that this story is wrong, and that Gov. Kasich signed a bill moving the primary to June, with a filing date 90 days before.
See this report with updated info.
“Gingrich’s N.H. Filing: Messy”
Buddy Roemer to Seek Americans Elect Nomination
Weigel reports. Does he know of their democracy deficit? (In case any readers are wondering, no, I never heard back from anyone at the group about my publishing a full rebuttal to my Politicooped from them here on… Continue reading