Nevada requires 9,608 signatures for a new party, or an independent presidential candidate. No candidate or group submitted a petition in Nevada that would have added a presidential candidate to the ballot.
The qualified parties in Nevada are Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Constitution. The Green Party had been planning to sue, because Nevada only requires 250 signatures for a statewide independent candidate for office other than president. The U.S. Supreme Court decision Anderson v Celebrezze says states should be more lenient for president than for other office. The proposed Nevada lawsuit would have been similar to the winning 2020 lawsuit against the District of Columbia ballot access law, which had a similar flaw (D.C.. required 250 signatures for all districtwide partisan office except president, but approximately 5,000 for president). But the Green Party was never able to find an in-state attorney in Nevada. It is possible the case will still be filed, for declaratory judgment, but it is too late to expect any court to grant injunctive relief.
No in-state lawyer? Call the state ACLU and get a referral.
ANNOUNCEMENT
By James Ogle
8/27/2020
Los Angeles County Mini-state
http://www.usparliament.org/ss11-9.php
Guidelines Paper Ballot (e-aps-22)
http://www.allpartysystem.com/e-aps-22.pdf
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The ACLU has been very disinterested in ballot access this year, and in many states its affiliates have refused to help. The two giant exceptions are New Hampshire (where the ACLU won ballot access relief for the general election), and Michigan (where the ACLU won relief for primary candidates).
The Constitution Party affiliate in Nevada is called the Independent American Party (I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with the party of the same name in Utah).
In general many members of ACLU would not want to help third parties as they fear could take votes away from Joe Biden. The Green Party (and other political parties) could have asked some their supporters to put them in contact with a good lawyer. Perhaps next time third parties can select theirs candidates for Presidential election several months in advance. They can then have more time filling out petitions and suing states if need be.
The ACLU in Alaska was very helpful in finding an in-state attorney to help with the Libertarian case for petitioning relief. Their recommended lawyer was the one we went with.
NO WI votes — blatant 14-2 violation.