Georgia’s Appeal of the Libertarian Ballot Access Case Begins

As already noted, on March 29, 2021, a U.S. District Court struck down the Georgia U.S. House petition requirement for independent candidates, and the nominees of parties that hadn’t polled 20% of the vote in the last election for president or Governor. That petition, 5% of the registered voters, is so difficult, no third party has ever done it, and no independent has done it since 1964.

The state has appealed, and its brief in Cowen v Raffensperger, 21-13199, is due October 27, 2021. This is a Libertarian Party case that was filed in 2017.

The state’s decision to appeal probably means that the next session of the legislature won’t pass any bill to alter the requirements. Therefore, the U.S. District Court’s interim order will probably remain in existence. It requires a petition of 1% of the registered voters plus a large filing fee.


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Georgia’s Appeal of the Libertarian Ballot Access Case Begins — 10 Comments

  1. July of even years. Petitions for district office can’t start to circulate until january of even years. The district boundaries may not be settled by January 2020, which makes this case even more complicated.

  2. There won’t be one if this demented, brain damaged, senile, chicom puppet gets us into a nuclear war. Or if he wakes up confused, thinks the war already started, and offers a launch.

  3. Offers a lunch and the rest of the USA to Putin/Xi killers/enslavers, takes drugs and has a fatal overdose ???
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    APPV
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