On January 16, Donald N. Daien filed a federal lawsuit against the Idaho law that makes it a crime for him to circulate a petition in that state. Daien lives in Arizona. Daien had wanted to volunteer to help Ralph Nader get on the Idaho ballot in 2008, and says he wants to help similar candidates in the future. Daien v Ysursa, 1:09cv-00022.
Idaho is in the 9th circuit. The Idaho law not only makes signatures collected by out-of-state circulators invalid, it subjects the out-of-state circulator to criminal prosecution. Thus Idaho’s law is even harsher than Arizona’s law, which contains no criminal penalties.
A little off topic but it was posted here that the Supreme Court conference to decide whether or not to take Nader’s case was yesterday. Has there been any updates on that situation?
The US Supreme Court conference on Nader’s Arizona case is postponed, because the Court earlier asked Nader to respond, and his response is not due until early February.
Richard, thanks for that update. I’m following this and other Ballot Cases that have confronted the Nader campaign. I would like to see all the briefs filed in these cases. Someone should put them Online.