On December 21, the Georgia Libertarian Party filed this brief in Cowen v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:17cv-4660. This is the case against the Georgia 5% petition procedure for U.S. House candidates of minor parties and independent candidates. The case is still open for a decision on whether the law violates Equal Protection.
The brief, and the evidence that is attached to it, shows that the 5% petition was clearly passed to keep the Communist Party off the ballot. The evidence shows that the Communist Party had been the first to nominate a black candidate for vice-president, and that was a reason for the state’s hostility to allowing it on the ballot. The evidence also shows that when the 1986 amendments were passed, easing statewide petition requirements but not district office requirements, were passed in order to keep Libertarians and others from running legislative candidates.
The evidence is not attached to the link, unfortunately.
ONE MORE BRAIN DEAD FAILURE TO NOTE —-
BROWN V BD OF ED 1954
SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL– 46+23 = 69 YEARS.
That decision was incorrect. Much like the erroneous Roe v Wade decision and many others the liberal left loves, it will be fully overturned with the help of the great, wonderful Trump appointees. Luckily Biden and the dim rats will get zero appointments, Trump will win, and make more himself. Then it will be time to really kick the left in the teeth with full force and get rid of every precedent they love.
Trump gonna take up the bum once he goes to prison.
Again. Take your homoerotic fantasies elsewhere. We aren’t interested in hearing them. We are here to discuss ballot access.
Again. Lots of people here talk about stuff unrelated to ballot access (which,i have actually tried to fix)
Trump is going to be someone’s prison bitch.
That would be you, not Trump. You are projecting and wishful thinking.
Edward Brown is lewd and insufferable. Please ban him from this site. Apparently he doesn’t know how to be civilized and have civil discussion about ballot access.
Not projecting. Just telling it like it is.
No, projecting and telling it how you wish it was.
Don’t ban him from the site. Let him keep demonstrating how stupid, disgusting and wrong leftist scum are.
Speaking of LP-Georgia did you see that John Monds qualified for the Special Election in GA 11th State Senate district
https://www.albanyherald.com/local/libertarian-party-endorses-state-senate-candidate-john-monds/article_05543f30-8abd-11ed-a6df-97a998f8fb18.html
No. Should I care?
Trump isn’t for fair ballot access laws either. Many of us “leftist scum” are though, having discussed the subject with legislators, written letters to the editor, and promote ballot access reform in our election campaigns. We often even join forces with the Libertarians in these ballot access lawsuits in states like New York and Illinois. It makes me wonder why some of you folks even follow and comment on this blog. Merely to troll, perhaps?
No, I found an article I wanted to comment on through a search and have felt like responding to some people who responded to me etc. Also I was a third party and independent before many of the times I voted. I’m now GOP for Trump. But I’d go independent or third party again, if Trump is spurned by the party establishment. Just today or maybe yesterday he posted in Truth Social about maybe going independent or third party in 2024 with comparison to Teddy Roosevelt’s 1912 race. So that is still a possibility. But more likely he will be GOP nominated and our next president once again. Oh yeah he won in 2020 also just in case you did not already know.
What percentage of registered voters for ballot access would be non-discriminatory? I submit that any censorship of the voter’s right to cast a ballot signifying their authentic preferences is discrimination in violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
In other words, there is no such thing as a constitutional ballot access law.
There is no “ballot access” if we move to in person open voting in a caucus or town meeting format. Think about it.
Thanks, Don Webb, for posting the news about John Monds in Georgia. He is a fine candidate for the Libertarian Party and would be a great State Senator.
C’mon. You know as well as I do that he won’t be a senator any more than you or I will.
DFR –
SEPARATE BALLOTS FOR EACH OFFICE ??? — IN ADDITION TO *OFFICIAL* BALLOTS.
EACH CANDIDATE FOR EACH OFFICE HAVING OWN PRINTED BALLOTS ???
— TO LESSEN TORTURE OF READING BAAAAD HANDWRITING OF WRITE-IN VOTES.
SEE THE INFAMOUS 2010 AK USA SENATE WRITE-IN SUPER-MESS.
MY CAPS LOCK IS STUCK ON!
Why printed ballots? What do you have against open in person voting like at a caucus, town hall or like is done at many conventions? If you can’t stand up in front of everyone and have your vote on the record, or take a few hours out of your evening to attend the voting meeting, you have no business voting at all.
Az/za that’s not very hard to fix at all but I can read you just fine either way.
Is gay sex better then straight sex? let’s discuss.
It is forbidden by the Bible and much riskier to your health, and illegal in many nations.
Why should we discuss that, FTS?
MRM, why do you think Brown v Board of Education was wrongly decided?
Edward Brown, what makes you believe Trump will be in prison soon, or for that matter ever?
Max, why is in person open (as opposed to secret) voting better?
Does anyone here give reasons for their opinions? Maybe if asked?
AZ, how were ballots read before the states monopolized them in the 1890s? There were private ballots back then and the election results were usually undisputed. However, I suggest the states continue to print ballots but without candidate or party names on them. Spaces for voters to write-in with block letters. Optical character recognition software is pretty accurate these days. If the voter wants to scribble on the ballot they got that right.
DFR-
Lots better handwriting in olde days before 1888-1890 official primary ballots ???
how many questionable spellings of the M senator name in AK in 2010 ???
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2023 new age typewriter write-in names on ballots ??? write-in candidate code numbers for *declared* WI candidates ???
I speak the gospel, truth.
DFR–
ALSO- YE OLDE NAME/ADDRESS STICKERS ON BALLOTS ???
— WITH ENVELOPES – TO AVOID SCANNER JAMS.
There’s no need for handwriting, envelopes or stickers if voting takes place in person in a meeting hall as in a caucus, town meeting or party convention. I like that idea. I have not seen anyone shoot a hole in it yet.
If you don’t agree please explain your reasons.
Hi Ari, thank you for your polite inquiry. I have several reasons why I believe Brown vs Board of Education was wrongly decided:
1) I support racial segregation as a natural way to maintain peace and human biodiversity, which I believe is every bit as important as natural biodiversity;
2) I believe that it is important to maintain, uphold and preserve the European, Western and Christian basis of our nation and civilization, and that we would otherwise descend into darkness;
3) The decision went against legal tradition and precedent, and lacks textual basis in the Constitution. It relied instead on the alleged “expert” opinion of social(ist) “scientists” packaging egalitarian Marxist doctrine as scientific fact;
4) it exceeds Constitutional authority creating judge made law.
For these reasons I believe it can and shall be overturned, and I believe fairly soon, certainly well within the present decade.
Ari, furthermore regarding open in person voting:
Those who seek to shape public policies and laws, whether by electing representatives or directly, should stand up in public to stand on the record and in front of their neighbors for who and what they are voting for. Secret votes by the electorate should be no more countenanced than secret votes by those elected, and for the same reasons. As mentioned above and elsewhere it also gets rid of paperwork, handwriting and any other such issues, and if the votes are ever miscounted it is easy to go to video replay, like in a sporting game when there is a questionable call by a referee. Cheating would be greatly reduced, and together with the other measures I have discussed for limiting the electorate and eliminating undesirable voters this would help ensure wise laws and policies we could be proud of.
BAAADE OLDE DAYS BEFORE SECRET BALLOTS —
NONSTOP THREATS, BRIBES and JOB PURGES.
Cry me a river. We are living in far worse days now, with much worse ahead. You should suffer the social and financial consequences of your vote for good or bad, just as your representative does for his. Your vote helps decide who gets elected, and in some states you vote directly on issues bypassing representatives. Your vote directly or indirectly impacts other people’s jobs and finances etc. Power without responsibility or accountability is never a good thing.
Duh, Trump can do whatever he wants,no matter how immoral, and ill blindly follow the turd.
That might be your stereotype of actual Trump supporters, but it isn’t true. Trump has earned my support, and by that same token could lose it.