Several months ago, a U.S. District Court struck down the Arkansas March 1 petition deadline for non-presidential independent candidates. However, the Secretary of State still believes that independent candidates in 2018 were required to file a declaration of candidacy by March 1. This interpretation is reducing the number of independent candidates who might otherwise be petitioning now.
No independent candidates for statewide office filed a declaration of candidacy by March 1. However, three independents filed a declaration for U.S. House, and five filed one for legislature.
Another case to get —
EQUAL ballot access tests for ALL candidates for the SAME office in the SAME area ???
Too many brain dead super-MORON STUPID lawyers and judges to count since Williams v Rhodes (1968) —
unable to detect the EQUAL in 14 Amdt, Sec. 1 (July 1868) — now a mere about 150 years ago.