A U.S. District Court in Los Angeles will hear arguments in De La Fuente v Padilla, 2:16cv-3242, on Monday, October 2. The case challenges the number of signatures needed for an independent presidential candidate, which will probably be close to 200,000 in 2020, unless the lawsuit wins or possibly the legislature eases it.
The hearing had been set for Monday, September 11.
Signature maxs have to be in constitutions — for the standard reason —
ZERO trust for incumbent gerrymander hacks (aka ENEMIES of the People) regarding ballot access esp.
200,000 signatures?! And I thought North Carolina was bad. This just reinforces my belief that we should be in the authoritarian category instead of the flawed democracy category in The Economist’s Democracy Index.
If California were to elect presidential electors by Top 2 using congressional districts (plus one elected from pairs of SBOE districts) then the signature requirements would be greatly reduced.