On April 8, an Alaska state court heard oral arguments in Alaska Democratic Party v State, 1ju-16-533. The Democratic Party had filed this lawsuit on February 22, 2016, saying it wants the ability to let independent candidates seek the Democratic Party nomination. State law says no one except a party member can run for a party nomination.
At the hearing, the state mostly argued the lawsuit should be dismissed on the grounds that the party hasn’t yet changed its bylaws to express the party’s position. The party responds that is because the bylaws can only be changed at the convention, which is in May, and if the lawsuit must wait, that will make it difficult to implement the new policy in time for the August 2016 primary. See this story.
Will the SCOTUS genius-MORONS ever detect that party gangsters having X percent of ALL voters are NOT independent empires with any power whatever to dictate how PUBLIC nominations for PUBLIC offices by PUBLIC Electors-Voters are held according to PUBLIC laws ???
Abolish all robot party hack primaries, caucuses and conventions.
Ballot access ONLY via EQUAL nominating petitions.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.