As previously reported, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Hall v Merrill on October 7. This is the Alabama ballot access case. Bloomberg Law has this brief story about the case. Hundreds of cert petitions were denied that day, so it is noteworthy that Bloomberg Law mentioned this case.
One more LOSS due to very same olde rotted BAAADE / DEFECTIVE arguments in lowest court.
The attorneys were excellent and could not have done a better job. The problem is that the former Attorney General of Alabama is now a US Court of Appeals judge on the eleventh circuit and he wrote the decision.
maybe we need a Constitutional amendment on ballot access law reform? What would the text of such an amendment look like?
Terrible Eleventh Circuit decision. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court cannot correct all terrible Eleventh Circuit decisions (not enough time or resources).
WHAT USA *JUDGE* IS NOT A FORMER USA/STATE/LOCAL LEGIS-EXEC-JUDIC HACK ???
— 3 X 3 = 9 CLASSES OF HACKS.
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THE FIRST *MODERN* BALLOT ACCESS CASE GOT SCREWED UP IN 1968 — WILLIAMS V RHODES
NONSTOP ADDED ON MESS SINCE.
EACH ELECTION IS NEW.
SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL.
14-1 EQUAL BALLOT ACCESS TESTS – FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES — NOM PETS / FILING FEES
http://ballot-access.org/2019/10/10/california-governor-vetoes-bill-to-force-american-independent-party-to-change-its-name/#comments
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https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/18-1362.html
SCOTUS paperwork
What ballot censorship? The U S Supreme Court needs to be confronted with a suit that directly challenges a state monopoly of the ballot that use that monopoly to censor the choices before the voters. An open all write-in ballot would do that and confidentially casting such a ballot can be preserved.
I happen to have standing in Oklahoma as a Libertarian candidate for Congress censored off the ballot in 2016 and 2018 and will almost certainly be refused access in 2020. BTW, Oklahoma is one of nine states than ban write-in voting also. Total censorship is their game.
You too could file such a suit as a candidate and as a voter in your respective jurisdictions.
DFR–
NO W-Is = also 14-2 violation