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U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear California Minor Party Lawsuit Against Top-Two

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Richard Winger

On October 13, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Rubin v Padilla, 15-135, the minor party lawsuit that charges the top-two system violates voting rights in the general election. Here is a short AP story.

UPDATE: here is the Courthouse News Service story. The press never covered this case between its filing in 2011 and today. Now, ironically, the case is over and finally the case is being mentioned.

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U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear California Minor Party Lawsuit Against Top-Two — 4 Comments

Drew on October 13, 2015 at 6:47 am said:

I bet it would have come out differently if it were on appeal from a three-judge panel.
J.D. FARGO on October 13, 2015 at 2:21 pm said:

pitiful , no choice
C. T. Weber on October 14, 2015 at 1:46 am said:

Now would be a good time for our deep pocket supporters to qualify an initiative for Proportional Representation to replace Only Two. Seriously, that may be our only hope.
AMcCarrick on October 16, 2015 at 5:31 am said:

C.T. I’m actually working on getting a 501(c)(4) together soon to work on just that. The website will be http://www.proportional.us/