Georgia law permits individuals to give more money to the Republican and Democratic nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, than they may give to other candidates for the same office. The Georgia Libertarian Party is in court to overturn that law. The U.S. District Court had said the plaintiffs lack standing.
On December 13, the party filed this brief in the Eleventh Circuit. Graham v Georgia Attorney General, 22-13396.
ONE MORE NON-MENTION OF BROWN V BD OF ED 1954
HOW ROTTED MALPRACTICE ARE LP SO-CALLED LAWYERS ???
AZ MAIL BALLOT / SECRET BALLOT CASE —
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23573985/1-ca-cv-22-0388-az-republican-party.pdf
The district court ruling is clearly erroneous as far as standing. That should be an easy win. However I’m still not confident in the overall prospects of the suit.
The wrongly decided brown v Board case continues to not be relevant to ballot access.
According to my quick research, the Libertarians have conested the governership of Georgia in every election since 1998.
Once a state government determines a candidate is eligible for the ballot, I would think it be illegal for that state government to then treat those candidates unequally. If enforcing this Georgia law would force the State to do that, then that law cannot stand.
It’s not the only state which allows for discrimination between minor and major parties as far as campaign contributions. Off the top of my head, Connecticut.
NO $ limit in A1
Major parties get other privileges too, by virtue of having achieved a certain level of support from the voters.