Seventh Circuit Will Hear Indiana Ballot Access Case on Wednesday, April 10

The Seventh Circuit will hear Indiana Green Party v Morales, 23-2756, on Wednesday morning, April 10. This is the case that challenges the number of signatures needed for a statewide independent candidate or the nominee of an unqualified party. The petition is so difficult, no one has used it for statewide office since 2000, when Pat Buchanan, Reform Party nominee, did it.

Indiana is one of only four states in which Ralph Nader was never able to get on the ballot, in any of his presidential runs. The others were North Carolina, Georgia, and Oklahoma, all of which have eased presidential ballot access since 2008, the last time Nader ran.

The Seventh Circuit does not reveal which judges will be on the panel until the morning of the hearing.


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