Category Archives: ballot access

“Anti-Donald Trump Forces Gear Up For Third-Party Challenge”

May 10, 2016, 2:17 pmballot access, political parties, third partiesRick Hasen

HuffPo: Top Republican strategists this past week have stepped up a frantic effort to lay the groundwork for a third-party presidential run, even as elected officials within the party begin to make their peace with Donald Trump. The effort… Continue reading

“U.S. District Court Upholds California Law that Won’t Let Candidates Show a Party Label on Ballot if the Party is Not Qualified”

April 25, 2016, 10:55 amballot access, primariesRick Hasen

Ballot Access News reports.

“Georgia to fight ruling that lowers bar for third-party presidential candidates”

April 14, 2016, 7:30 amballot accessRick Hasen

AJC: Georgia has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that could clear the way for the first independent candidate to appear on Georgia’s presidential ballot since Pat Buchanan qualified for the Reform Party in 2000. Georgia Secretary of State Brian… Continue reading

Response from Ralph Nader on My Post About His Oped on Running as a Third Party Candidate

March 29, 2016, 11:02 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

I received the following “Response on Behalf of Ralph Nader” from Oliver Hall. (While I am happy to post the questions, I don’t have time to answer these interrogatories (though I do want to write something at some point about… Continue reading

“Ralph Nader: Why Bernie Sanders was right to run as a Democrat”

March 25, 2016, 1:19 pmballot accessRick Hasen

Nader in WaPo: As one of the more successful third-party presidential candidates in recent U.S. history, I know firsthand the obstacles Sanders might have faced if he had run as an independent. The reality is that Sanders is right,… Continue reading

“Why A Third Party Alternative Won’t Save the GOP From Trump”

March 25, 2016, 7:46 amballot access, campaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed writes for TPM.

Some Republicans Covet Libertarian Ballot Line

March 20, 2016, 8:00 pmballot access, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ: The search for ballot access has led some Republicans to look toward the Libertarian Party, which has gained access to 31 states and expects to be on all state ballots by the fall. “The interest in what we… Continue reading

“Judge’s Lower Bar for Third Party Candidates Intrigues Republican Election Lawyers”

March 20, 2016, 7:17 pmballot access, campaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

Daily Report: The chairman of the Republican National Lawyers Association said Friday that a federal judge’s decision to strike down Georgia’s ballot access law as unconstitutionally restrictive could have national ramifications for the 2016 presidential race. U.S. District Judge Richard… Continue reading

“Challenge to John Kasich on Pennsylvania ballot dropped”

March 17, 2016, 7:35 amballot accessRick Hasen

CNN: The ballot challenge in Pennsylvania that threatened to derail John Kasich’s rising presidential campaign has been dropped. Nathaniel Rome, the chairman of Pennsylvania Students for Rubio and a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, has decided to drop… Continue reading

Richard Winger: Not Too Late for Third Party Bid to Challenge Trump

March 16, 2016, 7:56 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

Richard writes: Your blog post says you can’t believe it isn’t too late for conservatives to launch an independent campaign for president. John Anderson didn’t start petitioning as an independent until April 24, 1980, and he got on in… Continue reading

“Top conservatives gather to plot third-party run against Trump”

March 15, 2016, 1:32 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

Can’t believe it is not too late for this.

“The 13 minutes that could make — or break — Kasich’s campaign”

March 14, 2016, 7:43 pmballot access, campaignsRick Hasen

CNN: Thirteen minutes. That amount of time may be the saving grace for John Kasich‘s presidential campaign strategy, one that relies heavily on the state of Pennsylvania — a state where Kasich’s lawyers are battling to keep him… Continue reading

“For John Kasich, a battle over signatures to appear on Pa. primary ballot”

March 10, 2016, 9:43 amballot access, primariesRick Hasen

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s own lawyer agrees the presidential campaign submitted fewer valid signatures than are required for the candidate to appear on Pennsylvania’s primary ballot. But he argued in court Wednesday that it doesn’t matter because… Continue reading

“Michael Bloomberg Will Not Enter Presidential Race”

March 7, 2016, 2:14 pmballot access, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Michael R. Bloomberg, who for months quietly laid the groundwork to run for president as an independent, will not enter the 2016 campaign, he said Monday, citing his fear that a three-way race could lead to the election… Continue reading