The Washington State Grange, and the Secretary of State, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a four-week extension of time in which to file their response to the cert petition in Washington State Democratic Central Committee v Washington State Grange, no. 11-1263. The U.S. Supreme Court virtually always grants such requests for more time to respond.
This move has important implications. If the state and the Grange had not asked for an extension, it is likely that the Court would have decided whether to hear this case before it goes on its summer recess. But because of the extension of time, everyone will now need to wait until October 2012 to learn if the Court is going to hear the case.
Washinton is to show that this top two law as applied meets the appropriate consitutional tests, some of which have to with legitimate partisan projects.
Is it possible that the defenders of this top two arrangement want to see the results of the candidate filing period next week? (5/14-5/18)
I mean there’s some interesting information there maybe about partisan inclinations (PCO filings under revised law), what canidates use for their “preferences” with regard to partisan identification.
Maybe some novel things might happen (what if a candidate wants to prefer “both” or “multi”). Time to put on our unintended consequences, out-of-the-box thinking caps on.
I hope people and candidates do their best to do the things that are confounding, in this particular window it’s the noble thing.
Because Washington state lets candidates choose any label that is not obscene and is not longer than 15 characters, it would be possible for a candidate to have a ballot label he or she prefers the Dem-GOP Party or the GOP-Dem Party or the Dem-Rep Party or the Rep-Dem Party.
ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymanders (producing powermad left/right MONSTERS in the gerrymander Congress and in each gerrymander State legislature) are THE problem — regardless of all folks worried about top 2 stuff.
Democracy is almost gerrymander D-E-A-D in the U.S.A. — due to armies of MORON lawyers and the 9 robot party hacks on SCOTUS.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
ONE election day.
Dumb-Dumber Party — too long ???
EVIL-EVIL Party ???
GOOD-GOOD Party ???
GOOD-EVIL Party ???
EVIL-GOOD Party ???
ZOO-Hacks Party ???