New Briefs Filed in Georgia Ballot Access Case Involving U.S. House Elections

The oldest pending ballot access case in the nation is Cowen v Raffensperger, which was filed in 2017 to challenge the Georgia ballot access law for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, in U.S. House races.  The case is still in U.S. District Court.  Both sides have filed briefs this month, over whether the Libertarian Party can amend its Complaint to take account of the latest change made by the legislature.

Earlier this year, the Georgia legislature eased the procedure for minor party presidential ballot access.  The new law says if a party is on the ballot in at least 20 states or territories, it can be on for president automatically in Georgia.  Although the new law didn’t amend the law relating to U.S. House, the new law affects the arguments.  Georgia has now passed a law saying a minor party can be on for president even though potentially, that minor party might have no voter support whatsoever inside Georgia.  This undermines the state’s claim that it would suffer severe harm if a candidate ever got on the ballot (for any office) without having any voter support.

In the new round of briefs, the Secretary of State says the Libertarian Party should file an entirely new case, but the Libertarian Party says that would be inefficient and is not necessary.  The next step will be a decision from the judge as to whether the Complaint can be amended.


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New Briefs Filed in Georgia Ballot Access Case Involving U.S. House Elections — 10 Comments

  1. “The new law says if a party is on the ballot in at least 20 states or territories, it can be on for president automatically in Georgia.”

    So, maybe if a party has Congressional candidates on the ballot in 20 states, they should be able to nominate Congressional candidates directly to the ballot, as well.

    Maybe all states should have this option.

  2. Georgia really should not be leading with the “frivolous candidate” argument. The “strategic voting” argument is stronger. Although, having runoffs weakens both.

    The presidency is different than state offices, so be careful when extrapolating.

  3. Georgia does have general election run-offs for partisan office other than president. But they are expensive to administer and delay the outcome.

  4. ANY MENTION OF 1954 BROWN V BD OF ED IN ANY BRIEF / FILING ???

    CASE GOT PAST 2018-2020-2022 ELECTIONS – ALSO 2024 ???

    LP CANDIDATE FOR US SENATE CAUSED RUN-OFF IN 2022 ???

  5. GEORGIA
    FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR — NOV 2022
    Herschel Junior Walker, Republican 1,721,244
    Raphael G. Warnock, Democrat 1,820,633
    Chase Oliver, Libertarian 81,365

    [FOOTNOTE IS SCREWED UP / WRONG]
    In the general election [RUN-OFF- DEC 2022] , Herschel Junior Walker received 1,908,442 votes, and Raphael G. Warnock received 1,946,117 votes.

    IE COMMIE DONKEY ELECTED

    CLERK STATS H REPS FEB 2023

    GEE — C.O. IS 2024 LP PREZ CAND

  6. Brown doesn’t apply you fucking retard. You’ve been told that multiple times a week.

  7. AZ is a (flesh)bot, and so is whoever says the same things to or about him thousands of times like it could possibly make any difference.

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