On May 1, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer issued a 25-page order in Goodall v Williams, 1:18cv-980. The order enjoins the Secretary of State of Colorado from enforcing the state’s ban on out-of-state circulators for candidate petitions. It also puts Congressman Doug Lamborn, a Republican who is running for re-election, back on the Republican primary ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court had removed him last week because it had found that he used petitioners who were not Colorado residents. But the Colorado Supreme Court had said nothing about the constitutionality of the ban on out-of-state petitioners.
As to the state’s argument that the political parties that have primaries have a freedom of association right to limit their primary ballots to candidates who comply with the law, the order says, “The existence of competing interests does not give state legislatures license to infringe on the constitutional rights of other participants in the electoral process.”
The order notes on page 18 that there is a growing consensus from courts around the nation that bans on out-of-state circulators are unconstitutional.
The intervenors sought to argue that the out-of-state solicitor ban ensured that solicitors were Republicans. Could the party by rule exclude out-of-state solicitors?
An advantage of Top 2 is that since candidates are not nominees (agents) of the political party, you don’t have the issue of the state regulating party affairs.
No fees, no petitions. An open all write-in ballot to maximize voter freedom of choice. If parties want to hold primary elections, run them on their dimes.
Each State continues to be a Nation-State —
regardless of ALL MORON judges — SCOTUS on down.
Internal folks IN — External foreigners OUT.
Too difficult for such moron judges.
The brain dead courts are having perversions about the 1st Amdt the same way they had/have perversions about the 2 due process clauses.
ie — ZERO connection with the current challenged action/nonaction and the legal history background of the constitutional law language —
the PAST intolerable stuff leading up to the constitutional language.
IE – ZERO election law *mechanics* intolerable stuff in 1775-1789 — esp. about ballot access in the then 13/14 States [mainly since there were ZERO govt printed ballots in 1775-1789].
Whereas — ALL sorts of Brit tyrant INTOLERABLE stuff about religion, speech, press, assemble, petitions in 1761-1783 (and earlier).
DFR —
Time and cost to count each New Age ballot with 10 to 50 write-in candidate votes — with LOTS of BAAAAD printing/handwriting ???
What about mere YES/NO ballot issues ??? — have to write-in YES or NO on each issue ???
About a mere 136,000,000 voters in Nov 2016.
Mobilize ALL literate folks for counting write-ins – for hours, days, weeks, months, years (including any recounts) — with zillion court cases.
Get results before next election ???
See the USA Senator Murkowski (??? sp) write-in mess.
@DR,
If there were no elections it would save a lot of money.
JR — Save even LOTS more money – have NO government HACKS —
esp. Prez/VP HACKS, Congress HACKS, SCOTUS HACKS, etc.
esp. the really obnoxious HACKS in all States.
Probable Stone Age local extortion/*protection* gangs would happen
— think feudalism – Stone Age version.
How many ruins in world — due to total revolutions by slaves, actual or mere tax slaves ??? —
mass murder of ruling classes — 1789 type French Revolution, etc.
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PR and AppV