On May 4, initiative proponents filed this reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Schmitt v LaRose, 19-974. This is the case over whether it violates the First Amendment for local election administrators to reject an initiative petition, even … Continue reading
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Ballot Access News April 2020 – Volume 35, Number 11 This issue was printed on white paper. Table of Contents DEEPLY FLAWED MONTANA BALLOT ACCESS DECISION SIGNALS COMING REPRESSION OF THE GREEN PARTY NEW YORK BALLOT ACCESS WIN VIRGINIA BALLOT … Continue reading
Federal courts have ruled in the past that if ballot access is impossible, or virtually impossible, and a party or a candidate who wants to be on the ballot sues, and shows evidence of a modicum of support, then the … Continue reading
On April 1, the New York legislature passed the ballot access restrictions that had been invalidated last month. They increase the vote test for qualified party status, and increase the number of signatures for statewide independent candidate petitions, and for … Continue reading
Scotusblog has named the cert petition in Schmitt v LaRose as a “petition of the day.” That means Scotusblog thinks that case has a fair chance of being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Schmitt v LaRose is an Ohio … Continue reading