Category Archives: ballot access

Breaking: Justice Kagan Denies Another Supreme Court Petition to Put Green Party on the Ballot in Montana

September 14, 2020, 4:02 pmballot access, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The case is Davis v. Stapleton. Justice Kagan did not ask for a response on this one. This is the second Green Party case from Montana denied by Justice Kagan.

Breaking: In 4-3 Vote NOT Along Party Lines, Wisconsin Supreme Court Keeps Green Party Off the Ballot (Link to Opinion), Which Should Allow Ballots to Be Printed (But Kanye West Appeal Perhaps Coming and Delaying Things Further?)

September 14, 2020, 2:54 pmballot accessRick Hasen

You can find the opinions and dissent here. Conservative Justice Bruce Hagedorn joined the court’s liberals to form a majority. One of the dissents refers to this case as “perhaps one of the mostimportant cases in a judicial lifetime.”… Continue reading

“Green Party’s legal team has ties to GOP and also represents counties that don’t want party added to ballot”

September 14, 2020, 10:38 amballot accessRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The legal team trying to get the Green Party’s presidential ticket on the state’s ballot has close ties to Republicans and also represents Wisconsin’s counties —a group that doesn’t want the Green Party to prevail because… Continue reading

Are Republicans Financing the Effort to Get the Green Party Restored to the Ballot in Wisconsin?

September 12, 2020, 1:06 pmballot accessRick Hasen

WaPo: Hawkins suggested in an interview that Trump supporters had helped the Green Party ticket with its legal claim before the state Supreme Court. The party’s petition was filed by attorneys from the Milwaukee-based von Briesen & Roper law firm,… Continue reading

Without Noted Dissent, Arizona Supreme Court Keeps Kanye West off AZ Ballot for President

September 8, 2020, 3:08 pmballot accessRick Hasen

Arizona’s Law reports.

Arizona Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Kanye West Off State Ballot Because He is a Registered Republican But Is Running as an Independent (In Violation of State Law Per Plaintiffs)

September 2, 2020, 10:33 amballot access, UncategorizedRick Hasen

Read the complaint.

New York: “Federal Court Upholds Higher Ballot Threshold for Parties”

September 1, 2020, 8:11 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

State of Politics: A federal judge on Tuesday upheld stricter ballot standards for political parties, dealing a blow to the Working Families Party and the SAM Party’s efforts to challenge the measure. The new law, which had been paired… Continue reading

Major Republican firm Holtzman Vogel is Representing Kanye West in His Attempt to Get on the Wisconsin Ballot [UPDATE: Apparently This Was a Clerical Error and Firm Not Representing West]

September 1, 2020, 2:40 pmballot accessRick Hasen

In case anyone still had doubts about what this was all about. Kanye West's address in his court filing to get on the ballot in Wisconsin is the law office of Jill Holtzman Vogel, a Republican state senator from Virginia… Continue reading

“Kanye West campaign files lawsuit to try to get on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin”

August 28, 2020, 5:41 pmballot accessRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The campaign for rapper Kanye West filed a lawsuit Friday against the state Elections Commission in a bid to get on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin this November. The 12-page suit was filed in Brown County Circuit… Continue reading

“Republican National Congressional Committee Sues to Remove Most Texas Libertarian Congressional Candidates from Ballot”

August 27, 2020, 8:37 amballot accessRick Hasen

BAN reports.

“Montana Secretary of State Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Stay Order of Montana Supreme Court that Removed Green Party from Ballot”

August 25, 2020, 7:26 amballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

BAN reports. [Application to Justice Kagan.]

Sixth Circuit Rejects Attempts of Socialist Equality Party to Get Relaxed Ballot Access in Michigan Due to COVID [Corrected]

August 24, 2020, 6:34 pmballot accessRick Hasen

In essence the court held that party officials had enough time to try to gather signatures during the pandemic, and so the burden was not severe enough to justify easing the requirements. Note: The original post had an incorrect name… Continue reading

7th Circuit Affirms Order Easing Way for Libertarian Party and Others Onto the Illinois Ballot, After Illinois Elections Board Changed Its Mind

August 20, 2020, 11:33 amballot access, court decisions, third partiesRick Hasen

From the unsigned order: Once again in its appellate briefs the Board asks this court to reverse the district court’s decisions and permit the Board to determine the best options for balancing the, plaintiffs’ interests with the statutory ballot… Continue reading

“Green Party candidates, voters sue to remain on MT 2020 ballot; Asks federal judge to overturn state order”

August 11, 2020, 2:42 pmballot access, third partiesRick Hasen

KPAX: The saga of the Green Party’s ballot status in Montana’s 2020 election took yet another turn Tuesday, as two of its candidates and two Green Party voters filed suit in federal court to remain on the ballot.The lawsuit… Continue reading

“Kanye West Indicates That His Spoiler Campaign is Indeed Designed to Hurt Biden”

August 7, 2020, 7:30 amballot access, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Forbes: Amid various reports that Republican and Trump-affiliated political operatives are trying to get Kanye West onto various state ballots for November’s presidential election, the billionaire rap superstar indicated, in an interview by text today, that he was in… Continue reading

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