The Ninth Circuit will hear De La Fuente v Wyman, 18-35208, on April 11, Thursday, at 9 am, in Seattle. This is the case over Washington state’s procedures for independent presidential candidate ballot access. De La Fuente won in U.S. District Court against the law that says no independent presidential candidate may petition without running an ad in a newspaper at least ten days before starting. The ad must say where the petitioning will occur. The state is trying to get the U.S. District Court decision overturned.
I’m glad to see that the Rocky de la Fuente campaign has ended up having some positive impact on improving ballot access laws, assuming that this does not get overturned.
Washington should require candidates to demonstrate their modicum of support by appearing at courthouses. 0.1% of the previous gubernatorial vote would be 3244 persons. The American Delta party would be free tp publicize these gatherings in whatever manner they thought was appropriate.
Postcard nomination forms
— akin to Oregon all paper mail ballots.
Oregon survives.