On November 1, the Democratic Party sued Arizona over the law that controls the order of names on the ballot for partisan office. The Arizona law says the top names on the ballot are the nominees of the party that got the most votes in that county for Governor in the last election. Republicans have the top line in all but four counties. Here is the Complaint.
The case is Mecinas v Hobbs, 2:19cv-5547. It is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa, an Obama appointee. The Complaint says in a footnote that if the Democrats win the case, it does not follow logically that the relief should extend to any minor parties. The justification for that conclusion is that the U.S. Supreme Court said in Timmons v Twin Cities Area New Party that states have an interest in promoting the two-party system. That conclusion, written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, was supported by no evidence and no argument by either side in the case. Rehnquist did not define “two-party system”.
How about each rigged precinct ???
Timmons- one more rotted SCOTUS HACKS op to be OVER-ruled.
Timmons is a bad decision. The conservative justices did not like fusion. As for the order of candidates on the ballot, just make it random.
Arizona does not have minor parties. Perkins Coie is based in Seattle and appears to have based its petitions on Washington laws. The Montana Supreme Court ruled that Marc Elias had no expertise in Montana laws and should not have permitted to appear before the Montana court.
Would the Elephants have been able to get ballot access in 1854-1860 if CJ WR had then been in POWER ???