Indiana Green Party asks for Reconsideration in Seventh Circuit

Posted on by September 10, 2024

On September 3, the Indiana Green Party asked for rehearing en banc in the Seventh Circuit, in the party’s ballot access case. Indiana Green Party v Morales, 23-2756. Both the U.S. District Court and the Seventh Circuit had upheld the 2% petition requirement even though the state had presented no evidence in support of the law, and even though the party had submitted a great deal of evidence. That evidence, which is uncontested, establishes that no statewide independent petition, or petition for an unqualified party nominee, can succeed without the expenditure of approximately $500,000.

The Seventh Circuit said it is obvious that 2% petitions are constitutional, even though federal courts in Arkansas, Michigan, North Dakota, and South Dakota have struck down similar petition requirements. The Seventh Circuit decision did not mention any of these precedents.

UPDATE: here is the request for reconsideration.

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Indiana Green Party asks for Reconsideration in Seventh Circuit — 10 Comments

  1. What’s this???? Courts refusing to look at evidence in an election case????

    Impossible. Clearly this is MAGA propaganda. XD

  2. SINCE WHEN DO PARTY HACK COURTS NEED ANY STINKING EVIDENCE — ESP IN A 3RD PARTY BALLOT ACCESS CASE ???
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    ANY MENTION OF 1954 BROWN V BD OF ED IN ANY BRIEFS ???

  4. I have to say, as a member of the Indiana Green Party, I’m perfectly happy to vote for Claudia De la Cruz (certified write-in here), but the fact that our idiotic state laws kept Stein from our ballot annoys the hell out of me, especially after all the signatures that were collected here.

    Indiana’s among one of the most restrictive states insofar as ballot access is concerned – remember, Ralph Nader (who ran for president four times between 1996 and 2008) was never once on our ballot.

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