On September 22, the Arizona Secretary of State wrote a letter to leaders of No Labels Party, which is a ballot-qualified party with its own primary in Arizona. The letter says that the Secretary of State will allow candidates to file for office in the party’s primary. Already Tyson Draper has filed preliminary paperwork to run in the No Labels primary for U.S. Senate, and Richard Grayson has done so for Corporation Commissioiner.
No Labels does not want any candidates for office other than presidential electors. However, Arizona is in the Ninth Circuit, and the Ninth Circuit ruled in 2008 that a ballot-qualified party with its own primary can’t disallow anyone registered in that party from filing in that party’s primary, regardless of the wishes of the party. In Alaskan Independence Party v State, 545 F.3d 1173, the Alaskan Independence Party wanted to block Daniel DeNardo from running for U.S. Senate. The party said that DeNardo did not support the party, and furthermore insisted on putting nonsense claims in the state Voters Handbook (which allows candidates to submit a statement; the booklet is then sent to all registered voters). One of DeNardo’s claims was that the world’s largest cocaine ring was being run out of the Anchorage Law Library. But the party lost the case.
The Ninth Circuit ruling conflicts with several rulings from the Eleventh Circuit. The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that parties can block candidates from their primaries. Here is an article about the Arizona ruling. It will be interesting to see if No Labels brings a lawsuit. Thanks to Richard Grayson for the link.
If they petition for party status in New York, and somehow retain it for 2025, when will an existing voter be able to switch parties and petition for their nomination?
I think yes, if their presidential candidate gets 130,000 votes.
https://ballot-access.org/2020/01/14/sam-party-files-federal-lawsuit-against-new-york-requirement-that-parties-poll-130000-votes-for-president/
New York has some interesting laws. Sometimes you don’t even know what party you’re in.
Gato, New York state doesn’t have any procedure for a new party to petition for qualified status. New York is one of only eleven states that lacks such a procedure. All New York has is candidate petitions. A party petition gets qualified status as soon as the petition is verified. But the New York candidate petitions don’t bring about qualified status; instead that new group must hope its candidates gets enough votes and only then does it become qualified.
People who live in New York not to understand this, which is unfortunate. If people understood it, they might lobby to persuade the legislature to create a procedure for party status in advance of an election.
“The Ninth Circuit ruling conflicts with several rulings from the Eleventh Circuit. The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that parties can block candidates from their primaries.”
This looks like a job for the Supremes Will they take it?
PARTIES = FACTIONS/FRACTIONS OF ALL PUBLIC ELECTORS-VOTERS —
ESP FOR NOMINATIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICES.
SCOTUS — SCREWED UP ABOUT THE BASIC SUBJECT
ESP IN 2000 DEM CASE.
In New York, independent candidates run with a slogan. If a gubernatorial or presidential candidate gets enough votes, the slogan becomes a qualified party. Random strangers can claim the party, but in case of conflict the candidates choose the controlling faction.
Party members don’t have to be elector voters. Some parties allow children, resident aliens etc to be voting members. Others pick their candidates the good old fashioned way, in a smoke filled room. However they do it, it’s nobody else’s business except party members who pay the party dues and do the party work. Moron judges, politicians, and troll morons like AZ should recognize.
@Not,
What years was your method in “fashion”?
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