On July 27, independent candidate Christopher Graveline, who is running for Michigan Attorney General, filed a federal lawsuit, challenging the Michigan petition requirement for statewide independents. Graveline v Johnson, e.d., 2:16cv-11844.
In the entire history of the state, only twice has any independent candidate managed to get on the ballot for statewide office using the current requirement, which requires 30,000 signatures by the middle of July. The two were Ross Perot in 1992, and Ralph Nader in 2004.
The primary in Michigan is in August. Generally non-presidential independent candidate petition deadlines are unconstitutional if they are earlier than the primary day, or the day before. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Victoria A. Roberts, a Clinton appointee. Here is the Complaint.
One more separate and UN-equal ballot access system.
Each election is NEW.
Separate is NOT equal. Brown v Bd of Ed 1954
Will there be the same old LOSING arguments since 1968 — a mere 50 years of JUNK SCOTUS cases ???
Getting some media coverage:
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/27/suit-mich-election-policies-discriminate-against-independents/854139002/
Ralph Nader agreed to be listed on the United Coalition’s ballot in 1994 and was among the 125 candidates who we wrote about the First Internet Preference Ballot US President Election.
Later the Green Party and Peace and Freedom Party of California also invited Ralph Nader to be on their official state ballots but Ralph Nader did not ever connect with our team.
In 2004 the Pot Party POTUS candidate and I both travelled to the Peace and Freedom’s state convention in Sacramento so I could re-connect with Nadet but the chair of the P&F Party Kevin Akin threw us out of the convention because in the entry I said “Opposite Gender #1”.
Akin said that I was in some sort of violation of convention rules but the convention had not really started as I recall.
But because of the threat of police action out team quickly left the event and we were unable to connect.
This is very typical of how party bosses are unable to connect with outsiders, we were with the Pot Party.
So independents most likely hold a similar disdain for diversity and an inability to connect.
That’s not always the case but in the vast numbers of elections that is a very familiar situation.
So we can get many conciepted egomaniacal males as in the case here in Michigan who want the single-winner district power grab.
The only way to demonstrate teamwork is the work with the team. That way your message is one of the inclusion of diversity.
Independents and political parties suffer from the same problems, but the United Coalition USA is different.
Candidates with the financial means do have a leg up on candidates with the United Coalition. But even with all the money, fame and drive to be part of government, they will simply end up as outsiders themselves.
The United Coalition USA is sub-atomic in size in every aspect, the teamwork and collaboration has worked perfectly for more than 23 consecutive years and the unity phenomena us sweeping the world and inspiring people in many ways.
That’s because the United Coalition USA uses pure proportional representation (PPR) and the mathematics always generate a perfect portrait of a team.
http://www.international-parliament.org/ucc-p7-usa.html
TAKES TIME AND EFFORT AND $$$ TO CHECK ALL PETITIONS —
WHAT PRICE DEMOCRACY ???