On October 26, the Ohio Libertarian Party filed this cert petition in the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, 16-580. It argues that the 2013 revision of the ballot access laws for newly-qualifying parties is unconstitutional. The case has two main issues: (1) whether it is unconstitutional for a state to provide a means for old established parties to obtain a list of their members, while denying this benefit to newly-qualifying parties; (2) whether the actors who caused the party to have no gubernatorial nominee in 2014 should be considered state agents.
This case is distinct from the party’s case in state court, which argues that the 2013 ballot access law violates the State Constitution.
Doesn’t converting the mere act of voting into a valuable asset for the benefit of a private organization constitute a poll tax?
May a State require a public profession of political beliefs in order to effectively participate in the electoral process?
Surely it would violate the 1st Amendment and the 14th Amendment to require a voter to reveal who he is voting for, or even which party he favors in order to vote in the general election.
But don’t State-sponsored segregated partisan primaries have the same intent and effect?
Every election is NEW — merely common sense.
Separate is NOT equal — merely constitutional LAW since Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954
Equal ballot access tests — merely equal as in the EQUAL in 14th Amdt, Sec. 1.
What century will ANY third party get ANY lawyers with ANY legal brain cells ???
SCOTUS once again put ALL folks (i.e. esp. ALL lawyers) on notice in the recent Bossie v. OK case (2016) that they MUST DIRECTLY ATTACK JUNK SCOTUS opinions — i.e. ALL of the JUNK ballot access SCOTUS opinions since Williams v. Rhodes in 1968.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.