On May 28, the Alabama Libertarian Party filed this brief in its lawsuit over the list of registered voters. The Alabama Secretary of State gives the list free to the qualified parties, but it wants approximately $35,000 from any other political party that wants the list. Libertarian Party of Alabama v Merrill, m.d., 2:19cv-69.
In 1970, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily affirmed a decision (Socialist Workers Party v Rockefeller) that said if the government gives a free list of the voters to the qualified parties, it must give the list free to unqualified parties who are petitioning to be on the ballot. Because U.S. Supreme Court decisions are binding on the entire nation, this should have settled the matter. But the Alabama Secretary of State is fiercely fighting the lawsuit anyway. The Secretary of State claims the Libertarian Party is not a bona fida party because it is not on the ballot. But, of course, the reason it is not on the ballot is because of the state’s draconian ballot access laws. If the Libertarian Party had the list, that would help it in its ballot access efforts.
Dear fellow BANers,
I would urge everyone to at least read the remarkable 1st & 2nd page of this legal brief. It is an inspiring consolidation of previous court rulings (and founding-fathers’ potent quotes) against two-party suppression of political minorities.
Summ Affs mean about ZERO after the SCOTUS Gay marriage op.
The abolition of all ballot access laws is indispensable to recovery of basic civil liberties and economic freedom. Something the Libertarian Party was founded to accomplish, but is sometimes reluctant to advocate too directly.
I say that as a co-founder of the LP.
Unity Platform USA Marked Paper Ballot Totals 5-23-2020
https://www.allpartysystem.com/e-aps-6-totals.php
Updated on 4/27/2020
Approved
Non-Aggression Principle (NAP)
Simultaneously pay down the USA deficit while spending is limited to within the budget after the resolutions for paying the deficit have been attained.
Eliminate income taxes for all US citizens and repeal the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights for Voting Equality
Opposite gender #1 and consecutively ranked alternating genders thereafter with voluntary opt-in
Ratify Article the First
The Supreme Court decision to allow states to prohibit write-in voting in any election (Burdick v Takushi) must be challenged and reversed and the state monopoly of the ballot must be repudiated.
New WTC-7 Investigation
Ballot Anti-censorship Act
Uniform definition of Elector in ALL of the USA
Term Limits
Secure All U.S. Borders
Cut Spending, Cut Military, Simplify and Repeal all Stupid Laws
Reduce income taxes for all US citizens
Equal Rights Amendment
Repeal the 17th Amendment of the US Constitution
Immediate Labeling of All Foods
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