Courts, and election officials, over the past few decades have generally found that it violates due process for states to impose new ballot access barriers right in the middle of the season in which groups and candidates are trying to get on the ballot. This 6-page declaration written by me lists these good precedents. This blog is being posted to be of assistance to any attorneys or others who are fighting attempts by various states to impose new ballot access barriers shortly before qualifying deadlines.
Thank you, Richard! (I notice that this is from November 2013. Does that mean you haven’t had to remind states about this since then, he asked hopefully?)
The declaration should be added to the *Useful information* link at the top left.
A whole lot more election law requirements must be added to the various constitutions —
since the robot party hack gerrymander oligarchs are nonstop EVIL and anti-Democracy.
i.e. specify last date to amend election laws, ballot access petition amounts, candidacy statement deadlines, etc.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
Mr. Winger, an interesting article. However, there is one change. Part D–Indiana. You said both the Libertarian and American Parties were both ballot qualified because of the Secretary of State race in 1982. As a voter I remember that only the American Party had a candidate for that office. In 1986, the American Party candidate got on the ballot automatically and the Libertarian candidate got on the ballot via petition.
The Libertarian Party ran Steve Dasbach for Indiana Secretary of State in 1982. He got .54% of the total vote cast, 9,484 votes. So the American Party and the Libertarian Party had the same status.