On September 30, the 5th circuit refused to order Mississippi to print Brian Moore’s name on the ballot. He is the Socialist Party presdential candidate, and he had been nominated by the ballot-qualified Natural Law Party. The party submitted the names of its candidates for presidential elector at 5 p.m. on the deadline day. The office personnel refused to attend to the person bringing in the paperwork, and then locked the door and chased him out. He left the paperwork outside the office, next to the door. The Mississippi law governing the deadline only specifies a date, not any particular hour. Moore v Barbour, 08-60899. The three judges were Carolyn King, James Dennis, and Priscilla Owen. King and Dennis were also on the earlier 5th circuit panel that denied relief to Bob Barr in Louisiana. They did not write anything in Moore’s case except “Denied.”
Sounds like they have a real classy operation in the region.