Evan McMullin, independent presidential candidate, is quoted in this news story as saying corruption is to blame for last week’s decision by the Secretary of State to keep him off the ballot. McMullin has been treated unfairly in several states, but only now he is speaking out about unfair ballot access laws.

Unfortunately, the press in Florida doesn’t seem to report that the same Florida Secretary of State, Kenneth Detzner, ruled on September 1, 2011, that the requirement that qualified parties must be recognized by the FEC as “national committees” cannot be enforced. Detzner changed his mind last week, on the very eve of ballot-printing deadlines, leaving the affected parties almost no time to find an attorney and file a lawsuit.