On April 10, attorneys for the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters filed this Answer to the Complaint, in Soltysik v Padilla, c.d., 2:15cv-7916. On April 9, attorneys for the Californoia Secretary of State filed this Answer.

Soltysik v Padilla is the case that challenges the California law that permits some candidates, but not all candidates, to have a partisan label on the ballot next to their names.

The case was revived by the Ninth Circuit earlier this year, so now it is proceeding in U.S. District Court. Both the state answer, and the Los Angeles County answer, claim that the plaintiff, Emidio Soltysik, lacks standing. He was and is a registered Socialist. He ran for the legislature in 2014. He was forced to have “party preference: none” on the ballot next to his name.