U.S. Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Georgia Ballot Access Case

The U.S. Supreme Court conference of Friday, January 14, will consider whether to hear Coffield v Kemp, 10-596.  This is the case that challenges Georgia’s rules for non-Democratic, non-Republican candidates to get on the ballot for U.S. House of Representatives in regularly-scheduled elections.  They are so restrictive, they have not been used since 1964.  Back in 1964, the petition deadline was in October, no notarization of signatures was required, and the petitions were not checked for validity.  Since the current rules have existed, as revised in 1964, they have never been used for U.S. House candidates.

Every other state has had minor party or independent candidates on the ballot for U.S. House during the last decade.


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U.S. Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Georgia Ballot Access Case — 2 Comments

  1. Where is General Sherman when he is needed to go thru GA again (as in 1864-1865) to free the People from the party hacks in control ???

    Think liberation — like the western Allies in France, etc. in 1944-1945.

    Separate is still NOT equal.

    Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954

  2. Forgot to add — LOTS of Sherman tanks in 1942-1945 used to destroy the EVIL Axis powers regimes.

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