On August 28, the reply briefs were filed from both sides in Cowen v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-4660. This is the case that challenges the Georgia law that requires a petition of 5% of the registered voters for the nominees of a party that didn’t poll as much as 20% of the vote in the last election for Governor or President. The Libertarian Party filed this case in 2017.
Here is the Libertarian Party brief.
Here is the state’s brief.
Why is it assumed that state ownership of the ballot is constitutional? If the state has no authority to own ballots, then all rules for ballot access are invalid.
IF the states did have a constitutional power to seize ballots which were privately owned for elections in the first 100 years under the Constitution, why did it take the states 100 years to use that latent power? Or did they just make it up out of thin air in the 1880s?
How did the importation of the Australian secret ballot miraculously reveal this latent power to take over the ballot from individual voters?
PUBLIC Electors voting in PUBLIC elections via PUBLIC ballots – part of PUBLIC election system/laws.
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What candidate can get ANY so-called lawyer who can detect EQUAL in 14-1 ???
TOTAL failure since 1968 – mere 51 years and counting.
DFR asked- *** why did it take the states 100 years to use that latent power ?
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Due to the boss tyrants in 1865-1888 in gangster caucuses and conventions — bribes and threats.
Securing voters when casting a ballot from intimidation has no connection with censoring the content of the ballot – limiting which candidates the voter is permitted to choose. The former was used as cover to accomplish the latter.
Very good luck for DFR in any case attacking official ballots – in primary elections and general elections.
NO Write-ins — 14-2 violation.