“No Labels preps playbook to select presidential candidates, broaden support”
WaPo reports.
Politico: A 6-figure Donald Trump donor is now a No Labels adviser
Category Archives: ballot access
“‘Anti-Fusion Voting’ Laws and the Problem With a Two-Party System”
Udi Ofer in Law.com, reviewing amicus briefs in a case before the N.J. Supreme Court challenging the state’s ban on cross-nominating candidates.
“No Labels releases proposals to guide third-party presidential ticket”
WaPo: “The group is working across the country to get state ballot access for a potential third-party presidential run next year, sparking widespread concern from Democrats and anti-Trump conservatives that the effort could aide the election of former president… Continue reading
“A Mysteriously Financed Group That Could Upend a Biden-Trump Rematch”
Julie Bykowicz for WSJ:
The 13-year-old nonprofit group, which has a $70 million budget, has qualified for the ballot in Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Utah and is pursuing access elsewhere. Arizona Democrats are suing to kick No Labels off the… Continue reading
Josh Douglas Blog Post: “Justice Stevens’s Papers and Burdick v. Takushi”
The following is a guest post from Josh Douglas:
Like Rick, when I was in DC last week I visited the Library of Congress to review the newly-released papers of Justice John Paul Stevens. (Shout-out to the… Continue reading
Muller on Ballot Access
Derek T. Muller, Ballot Access (forthcoming, Oxford Handbook of American Election Law):
Voters use ballots to choose their preferred candidates or to express support or opposition to ballot initiatives and referenda. There are many and diverse rules for how these… Continue reading
“Former candidates say New Jersey’s ‘slogan statutes’ violate the First Amendment”
“Cert petition of the week” highlighted at SCOTUSblog, summarizing the case Mazo v. Way.
Elected officials aren’t always the biggest fans of ballot measures
Some recent actions of legislatures and other elected officials stepping into the thick of how ballot measures are proposed and adopted….
In the Wall Street Journal, “State Lawmakers Take Aim at Voter-Led Ballot Measures,” which begins, “Lawmakers in Republican-led… Continue reading
“Judge Strikes Down Law Blocking Those Convicted of Public Corruption From Running for Office”
New York Law Journal: A Manhattan judge has struck down as unconstitutional a New York City law that bars those with convictions for public corruption crimes from running for public office.
No Labels Sent Caution by Maine Secretary of State
Press Herald reports that the national organization of No Labels has been sent a cease and desist letter from the Secretary of State of Maine for misleading voters in their efforts to gain ballot access.
“’Over the past few months,… Continue reading
Constitutionality of N.Y’s Restrictions on Write-Ins Upheld
A 2021 amendment to N.Y.’s Election Law restricts the permissible universe of write-in candidates in a party primary to members of the party. Essentially applying Anderson-Burdick, the state appellate court upheld the constitutionality of the amendment.
“Political parties have protected… Continue reading
“A Critical and Historical Analysis of Ohio’s Post-Millennium Regression to Major-Party Monopoly”
New in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, from Capital’s Mark Brown: a review of recent ballot access battles in Ohio. I suspect there’s even more to add to the “major-party monopoly” argument if you add the legislature’s all-out gerrymandering… Continue reading
Paul Clement leads cert petition in Mazo v. New Jersey Secretary of State on ballot speech issue
Late last year here at ELB, I highlighted the Third Circuit’s decision in Mazo v. New Jersey Secretary of State. (Disclosure: I filed an amicus brief in that case.) Check out that post for more on the background.
Paul… Continue reading
Ballot access in Montana
A top-two primary, but only for U.S. Senate, and only for 2024. That’s in one bill that Montana legislators advanced on Monday.
A second Montana bill advancing Monday would raise thresholds for parties to qualify for the ballot, and… Continue reading