On August 29, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to order Ohio to print “Libertarian” on the ballot next to Gary Johnson’s name. The order says that Justice Elena Kagan had referred the matter to all the justices. As a result, if Johnson receives more than 3% of the vote for President in Ohio, the party will not remain on the ballot in 2018 and 2020. If “Libertarian” were on the ballot next to his name, and he received 3% or more, the party would be on the Ohio ballot for the next four years.
If Johnson/Weld do get 3% in Ohio this year, it might be worth filing suit for ballot access in 2018 and 2020.
Yes.
That she referred the matter to the other Justices is a positive sign that she at least took it seriously enough to do that.
One more SCOTUS coffin nail regarding EQUAL ballot access tests.
What century will there be ANY ballot access lawyer with ANY brain cells ???
Every election is NEW.
Separate is NOT equal.
EQUAL ballot access tests.
Slightly off topic but has any one else noticed that the polls that count to get in the debates have ceased to be conducted… or at the very least released? The last one was a CNN/ORC poll done on August 7th.
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Dunno about anybody else, but I hadn’t noticed that. And it may be coincidental that the Green Party’s national convention nominated Stein and Baraka on August 6, and ended August 7. . . .
Official letter today from OH SoS:
https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Johnson_Weld%20Certification%20Letter.pdf?token=AWz8nBcbK4kNvZl4f5r0EfjVjIEBjB2NREPYsKDZ–jU0y7T79lAxkWmdOr3SARreBAzeitx0h9lLLSeVFwkz3CNIR4fFeoCyBSqIDoKGzSj7J7JicGpRqag1xlBL06z3Tqw_kBv8Lp_zdkSgDjcNVAw
Steven, the link doesn’t seem to work. Can you describe what it says?