On August 25, the Eleventh Circuit issued an order in People’s Party of Florida v Florida Department of State, 22-12451. This is the lawsuit over the Florida law that won’t let a candidate run in a primary unless the candidate has been a member of that party for a full year before the June filing deadline. The order does not discuss the constitutional issues with this law. It just says that injunctive relief is not warrented because the party’s candidate, Elise Mysels, did not pay the filing fee back in June.
The order will not be published, and is signed “per curiam”. The three judges on the case are Robin Rosenbaum (an Obama appointee), Kevin Newsom (a Trump appointee), and Britt Grant (a Trump appointee).
Abolish all ballot access censorship (fees and petitions) and let the voters vote.
You want 812 people on the ballot for governor? You have to have some sort of process.
How often do courts issue “per curiam” rulings in election law cases? Is there any way to access the text of these kinds of rulings?
I would abolish all petition requirements. I don’t like it because of identity fraud nowadays and I’m even cautious about signing any petition with my address and such. Go with a ballot access fee without it being outrageous.
The Florida filing fees, easily the highest in the nation, are more than sufficient to keep Florida ballots uncrowded. The fee to run for Congress is over $10,000. The fee is 6% of the annual salary of the office being sought. Except for Georgia’s 3%, no state requires a fee of more than 2% of the annual salary.
Ballots should be limited to candidates who have a realistic chance of winning, or better yet , who should always be Republicans and pledge personal loyalty to Trump (which is the same as true loyalty to America, God and the Constitution). Even better would be to abolish ballots altogether and institute a caucus style voting system.
You show up in the evening after a hard day’s work on the farm or in the factory while your wife washes the dishes, mops the floors, does laundry, and puts the kids to bed, and spend a few hours standing in a corner of a big room in front of all your neighbors together with the supporters of your party while some of your party’s supporters make speeches to convince undecided and persuadable voters to come over to your corner. All voting is strictly by party; the party committee meets in a back room filled with thick cigar smoke to pick the candidates. To qualify a party you must get above a certain threshold of voters in above a certain threshold of precincts to stand in their corner on election day.
You may have to spend a few hours standing in a corner of a room together with your neighbors who support your party, but you won’t have to stand in line to vote. Can’t face your neighbors and let them know which party you support? Stay home, you do not deserve to vote.
It should go without saying that only White, property owning men who are members of a Christian church should be allowed to vote. There should be a literacy test, a poll tax, and the voting age should be raised to 30. There should also be a requirement that men have a wife and at least two children to be allowed to vote, and that their father’s father should have also been a registered voter in the same county. This would fix the vast majority of political problems in this country.
@BDLU,
Candidates should file in person and pay a handling fee ($10?) along with some supporters (5?). If too many persons file (>12?) have a secondary filing period where supporters can appear at courthouses. Top 12 qualify for ballot.
Voting by paper ballot in person, with ballots counted after the close of voting. If no majority, runoff one week later.
WZ – SEE SCOTUS PER CURIAM
WI LEGIS V WI ELECTIONS COMM
21A471 23 MAR 2022
WI LEGIS GERRYMANDERS- VRA MESS.