Category Archives: ballot access
“N.Y. Democrats back election law change to remove former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin from ballot”
NYDN:
Advocates and Democratic lawmakers have devised a way to boot recently indicted ex-Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin from the ballot.Or at least prevent another problem like the one Dems will face in two months when Benjamin’s name will still… Continue reading
“Lawsuit seeks to block ‘insurrectionist’ Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection bid”
Jan Wolfe at Reuters:
A group of Georgia voters on Thursday asked state officials to block Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, alleging she is unfit for office because of her support of rioters who… Continue reading
Adding qualifications for congressional candidates and a Section 3 puzzle
Earlier, I blogged my skepticism about a state’s power to review the qualifications of a congressional candidate and exclude that candidate from the ballot, specifically referring to a Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment challenge to Representative Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy.… Continue reading
“Eleventh Circuit Upholds Georgia’s 5% Petition for U.S. House Independent and Minor Party Candidates”
BAN:
On January 5, 2022, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court and found that Georgia’s 5% petition (of the number of registered voters) for independent candidates, and the nominees of parties that didn’t poll 20% of the vote… Continue reading
Breaking–Eleventh Circuit Denies Libertarian Party Free Access to Voter Lists
Richard Winger, at Ballot Access News has a full summary and critique of the decision. The case involved a challenge to Alabama’s decision to give a free list of registered voters to qualified parties, state legislators, and a variety… Continue reading
Maine’s Minor Parties Secure Victory
The U.S. District Court in Maine struck down two ballot access provisions that make it more difficult for minor parties to gain access to Maine’s ballot. Richard Winger offers a clear synopsis of the case, Baines v. Bellows, No. 1:19-cv-00509-LEW … Continue reading
Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and January 6, 2025: the need for legislation now
All the current talk of Donald Trump running again in 2024 assumes that he’s eligible to serve as president if reelected. He’s not, or at least there’s a strong argument that he isn’t.
In fairness to America’s voters, this argument ought… Continue reading
“Florida GOP official: Third-party candidates help Republicans win ‘many’ elections”
Washington Examiner:
Internal jostling for leadership of Florida’s Republican Party has shaken loose a revelation bolstering allegations the GOP regularly runs third-party candidates funded by “dark money” shadow groups to win elections.In an email sent Tuesday to all Florida… Continue reading
Buffalo: “Board of Elections to mull appeal of rulings that put Byron Brown on the ballot”
Buffalo News
The Erie County Board of Elections will decide Tuesday whether to appeal one or both decisions handed down Friday that allow Mayor Byron W. Brown to appear on the ballot in November on an independent line.Jeremy J. Zellner,… Continue reading
Qualifications for candidates running in California’s gubernatorial recall
To build off Ned‘s post, and setting aside the major laches problem to this lawsuit, Vik Amar and Evan Caminker at Justia have a pretty thorough defense of California’s process, a process that disqualifies a recalled governor from seeking… Continue reading
“Sex, Suffrage, and State Constitutional Law: Women’s Legal Right to Hold Public Office”
New draft from Elizabeth D. Katz on SSRN, forthcoming in the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism. Abstract:
On January 20, 2021, Kamala Harris was sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first woman Vice President. This… Continue reading
“Libertarian vs. Liberation creates third-party conundrum on Virginia ballots”
Virginia Mercury:
Most Virginia voters go for candidates with a “D” or “R” next to their name, but who should have dibs on the “L?”This year, election officials preparing November’s ballots were faced with the dilemma of how to… Continue reading
“Ex-Gov. Blagojevich files federal lawsuit challenging state law precluding him from running again”
Chicago Tribune:
The last time convicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich appeared in federal court in Chicago, he watched sullenly via a video link from prison as a judge resentenced him to 14 years in prison for an array of corruption… Continue reading