U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove will hear oral argument in Libertarian Party of Kentucky v Grimes, 3:15cv-86, on Thursday, May 19, at 11 a.m. in the federal courthouse in Frankfort, Kentucky. Case number 3:15cv-86. The Constitution Party is a co-plaintiff.
The issue is Kentucky’s failure to have a procedure by which a previously unqualified party can become a qualified party, in advance of an election. Kentucky only has candidate petitions, not party petitions. If and only if the presidential candidate of an unqualified party polls 2% will the group become a qualified party. In the last 100 years, only four times has any group met this hurdle: Progressive in 1924, American in 1968, Anderson Coalition in 1980, and Reform in 1996.
Besides Kentucky, other pending ballot access cases that will determine whether certain minor parties get on the ballot for President and other office in time for the 2016 election, without further petitioning, are in Maine, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. There are also cases pending that only affect other office, not President, in Arkansas and South Dakota.
“Besides Kentucky, other pending ballot access cases that will determine whether certain minor parties get on the ballot for President and other office in time for the 2016 election, without further petitioning, are Maine, Ohio, and Tennessee.”
Pennsylvania as well. That’s coming up this Monday.
Every election is NEW — regardless of ALL of the moron lawyers doing ballot access cases.
God I hope my home state comes through with some much needed good news.
Thanks, Jeremy! I have amended the post to include Pennsylvania.
Demo Rep: As one of the “moron lawyers” you so eloquently refer to, I received the paperwork you sent me with that issue; the problem is that the arguments you raise are absolutely unsupported by the existing case law. And, while I am all for raising new issues and arguments if existing case law doesn’t give me a win, I decline to do so when the existing case law says my clients win.