The Idaho ballot access lawsuit, Daien v Ysursa, has a hearing date in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho. It will be argued Monday, December 14. Donald Daien, the plaintiff, lives in Arizona and wants to be able to circulate a petition in 2012 for any independent presidential candidate whose politics he agrees with, in the future, in as many states as possible. Idaho bans out-of-state residents from circulating petitions in Idaho.
The lawsuit also challenges the number of signatures required for an independent presidential candidate in Idaho. Idaho requires such a petition in 2012 to have 6,552 valid signatures. But Idaho only requires 1,000 signatures for a statewide independent running for office other than president. The lawsuit argues that if 1,000 is enough to keep the ballot from being crowded with too many independent candidates for offices such as Governor and U.S. Senator, there is no real state interest in requiring more than six times as many for President.
Dear Family Members and Friends,
Today is a Vacation Day for me (so that I do not accumulate too many hours). For the last couple of days, I have been thinking about changing my voter registration from “I Decline to State a Political Party†to Democratic Party. This morning, I went ahead and completed the form to do that and I will put it in the mail today. I will continue, of course, to look out for the interests of independent and/or “third party†candidates – so that we will eventually have fair ballot and media access and free and open elections in this country.
Sincerely,
Phil
Philippe L. Sawyer
Creating Utopia!
Separate is still NOT equal.
Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954
Way too difficult for the armies of MORON lawyers to understand — in the ballot access subject area.
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