On December 9, the Arizona Libertarian Party filed this cert petition in the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona Libertarian Party v Hobbs. This is the case over ballot access for members of a small qualified party that is not in its first four years on the ballot. In 2015, the Republican majority in the Arizona legislature passed a law that singles out the Libertarian Party and makes it virtually impossible for any Libertarian to get himself or herself on the Libertarian primary ballot. The same law did not apply to the Green Party, or to any party that is in its first four years on the ballot. UPDATE: the case number is 19-757. The state’s response is due January 13, 2020.
Because Arizona forces all qualified parties to nominate by primary, this meant that no Arizona Libertarians could get on the ballot for congress or partisan state office in both 2016 and 2018. Yet the Ninth Circuit upheld it earlier this year. The U.S. Supreme Court has never before had a case on petitions for access to a primary ballot.
Is there ANY chance the USSC will hear this case?
yes.
NEW argument ???
or same olde losing arguments since 1968 Williams v Rhodes ???
Earlier 2015 case –
No. 15-598
Title:
Arizona Libertarian Party, et al., Petitioners
v.
Michele Reagan, Arizona Secretary of State
Docketed: November 9, 2015
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Nos.: (13-16254)
Decision Date: August 7, 2015
~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 5 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 9, 2015)
Nov 17 2015 Waiver of right of respondent Michele Reagan to respond filed.
Dec 2 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
Jan 11 2016 Petition DENIED.
didnt ND republicans do something similar with a weird primary rule?
@EB,
ND does not have voter registration let alone partisan registration.
HOW MANY INVADERS FROM FROZEN CANADA SHOW UP AND CLAIM TO BE ND VOTERS-ELECTORS ???
ND = ONE OF MANY USA SENATOR STATES WITH LOOOOW POPS CREATED BY POST CIVIL WAR I ELEPHANTS TO TRY TO HAVE ***PERMANENT*** ELEPHANT CONTROL OF THE USA GERRYMANDER SENATE.
STILL WORKING IN 2019-2020.
jim
The ND GOP did something to primaries that have kept libertarian legislative candidates off the general election ballot. The rule was foolishly upheld in court.
@EB,
ND requires the winner of a primary to receive the number of votes that they would have needed to petition on the ballot. Since voters select the party anonymously, few voters will select Libertarian.
ND would be better off switching to Top 2 where voters could vote for Libertarians in selected races.
Top 2 primary ROT the same everywhere —
would be even worse in low pop areas — might actually see the monsters in person.