The Ninth Circuit has proposed hearing Libertarian Party of Arizona v Reagan, 17-16491, on February 8, 2019, if that date is acceptable to the attorneys. This is the case that challenges the 2017 law that makes it extremely difficult for members of small qualified parties to get on their own party’s primary ballot, if that party has been continuously ballot-qualified for more than just the last election or last two elections. The restrictive law does not apply to small qualified parties that have had to attain their qualified status in the last few years. That is why the new restriction doesn’t apply to the Green Party, and that is why the Green Party has nominees on the Arizona ballot this year, but the Libertarian Party doesn’t, even though the Libertarian Party has substantially more members in Arizona than the Green Party does.
The Libertarian party is trying to have it both ways. They sued to close their primary, but then opened it up when the SOS said that only voters who could vote could sign petition. Now they complain that signatures are based on potential voters.
The fundamental problem is that there are partisan nominations.
Eliminate segregated partisan primaries, and require candidates to file as individuals.
Top 2 ensures majority election. Political organizations are free to recruit and support candidates.
Top Two does not ensure majority election. If one of the two candidates gets 40%, and the other candidate gets 40%, and 20% of the voters leave their ballot blank for that office, no one has a majority of the people who cast a ballot. No one can force a voter to vote.
ALL rotted gerrymander regimes —
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 rigged packed/cracked districts = 1/4 or less control = oligarchy — with monarch hack top bosses.
Too many math MORON lawyers and judges in gerrymander cases to count – esp since 1964 cases in SCOTUS.
TOTAL ROT in USA since Day 1 in 1776.
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The AZ Elephants wrote the law esp to wipe out the AZ LP which is a direct divide and conquer threat to the AZ Elephants.
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PR and AppV
We don’t know why someone did not express a preference for either of the two remaining candidates.
Perhaps we should count those who do not vote at all or do not register. If no candidate receives a majority of the potential vote, declare the seat vacant and have a new election.
JR —
Many NEW AGE voters will NOT vote if there are 2 Donkeys or 2 Elephants in the election area – esp gerrymander legis districts — est. 15 percent.
IE — will NOT vote for the perceived lesser EVIL HACK of the two HACKS.
See the many PR elections in foreign regimes with multiple parties — near ZERO non-votes.
For the Math CLUELESS [esp SCOTUS math MORONS]–
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 gerrymander districts = 1/4 or less control
— now routine in CA — 1/4 or less DONKEY HACK extremists CONTROL the CA legislature.
More robot extremist HACKS coming on election day 2018 in ALL States — esp in USA Congress and State legislatures.
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NO primaries.
PR and AppV
Jim, have you even heard of Ranked-Choice voting? It means the candidate will get over 50% without it being a two way race.
it is now 4 months past the projected date. What happened?