COFOE Contributions Are Sufficient for Cert Petition to be Filed in North Carolina Deadline Case

Thanks to readers of this blog, contributions to the Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) have recently been generous, so that the cert petition in Buscemi v Bell can go forward. This is the case in which the Fourth Circuit upheld the March 3 petition deadline for independent presidential candidates in North Carolina, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having ruled in Anderson v Celebrezze that Ohio’s March 20 deadline is too early.


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COFOE Contributions Are Sufficient for Cert Petition to be Filed in North Carolina Deadline Case — 3 Comments

  1. There are four fronts in the battle for ballot access. Petitioning–gathering the signatures. Lobbying–working with the legislature to ease ballot access restrictions. Legal–working in the courts. And PR (public relations)–explaining to the public what is going on.

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