On May 4, the Colorado Supreme Court, in an unsigned, short opinion, reversed the trial court and said candidates can’t be on the primary ballot this year unless they obtain the signatures required by the election code. The opinion says the Court can’t do anything for the plaintiff candidate because it doesn’t have the power, and that only the legislature can help. Griswold v Ferrigno Warren, 2020SA34. Here is the opinion.
The effect of the decision is to remove both Michelle Warren and Lorena Garcia from the U.S. Senate primary ballot for the Democratic Party. The only two candidates who will be on that ballot did not collect any signatures; they got on by showing substantial support at a state party meeting.
Shocking.
A court NOT with legislative power – at least in election LAW cases.
Write-ins in Donkey Primary ??? — esp by Elephants ???
At stake — CONTROL of USA minority rule semi-permanent gerrymander USA Senate ???
IE if NOOO real Donkey USA Senate candidate is on Nov 2020 ballot — it will BE REAL WAR for ballot access — even the Donkey-Elephant ballot access duopoly may/will blow up in many States, regardless of COVID-19.
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EQUAL ballot access for INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES OF ALL TYPES.
MORON failure to attack the spread sig stuff —
Obviously NOOOOO 2 USA Rep districts have the same number of actual/registered Electors/Voters — esp some 10 years after the last dubious Census – esp in CO with lots of illegal invaders from south of the USA border.
See Moore v. Ogilvie, 394 U.S. 814 (1969) — one of the very few SCOTUS ops with some detection of 14-1 EQUAL.
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Appears immigration lawyers did the case = AMATEURS in election law.
It’s crazy to believe signature requirements can be met right now.