Ballot Access News This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR ALABAMA BALLOT ACCESS CASE, DESPITE EXTREME CIRCUIT SPLIT AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY SAVED BY VETO “FAITHLESS ELECTOR” CASES REACH SUPREME COURT OHIO LIBERTARIANS … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court conference of December 13, 2019, will consider whether to hear De La Fuente v Padilla, and Chiafalo v State. The De La Fuente lawsuit, 19-524, challenges the California independent presidential petition requirement of almost 200,000 signatures … Continue reading
On November 26, Rocky De La Fuente sued Michigan for excluding him from the Republican presidential primary ballot. Gonzalez v Benson, e.d., 2:19cv-13515. Here is the Complaint. Michigan law says the Secretary of State shall list presidential candidates who are … Continue reading
The New York Libertarian Party has issued this press release, criticizing the state Commission on Public Financing for proposing to eliminate all of the state’s ballot-qualified minor parties except for the Conservative Party. … Continue reading
On November 6, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson issued an opinion in Mays v LaRose, s.d., 2:18cv-1376. He said that Ohio must give the same absentee ballot deadline to persons imprisoned (but not yet convicted), that it gives … Continue reading
