July 2020 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by September 27, 2020
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Ballot Access News
July 2020 – Volume 36, Number 2

This issue was printed on pink paper.

Table of Contents

  1. GEORGIA AND ILLINOIS, THE TWO WORST STATES FOR U.S. HOUSE BALLOT ACCESS, LOSE PROCEDURAL RULINGS
  2. EIGHTH CIRCUIT ARKANSAS ACCESS WIN
  3. COURT DECISIONS EASE BALLOT ACCESS
  4. SEVENTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS ILLINOIS BALLOT ACCESS RELIEF
  5. D.C. CIRCUIT DENIES DEBATE RELIEF
  6. U.S. HOUSE PASSES D.C. STATEHOOD BILL
  7. WASHINGTON EASES PRESIDENTIAL ACCESS
  8. DEMOCRATS WIN ONE BALLOT ORDER LAWSUIT AND LOSE ONE
  9. BOTH MAJOR PARTIES CHANGE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
  10. TEXAS DEMOCRATS LOSE LAWSUIT OVER STRAIGHT-TICKET
  11. HIGH COURT SHUNS ELECTION LAW CASES
  12. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  13. MORE LAWSUIT NEWS
  14. 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
  15. HOWIE HAWKINS SECURES MAJORITY OF GREEN DELEGATES
  16. MINOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
  17. REFORM PARTY NOMINATES
  18. ONE-STATE PARTY NOMINATIONS
  19. ALOHA AINA PARTY HAS FOURTEEN LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
  20. MIMI SOLTYSIK DIES
  21. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY NOW QUALIFIED IN NEW MEXICO
  22. LIBERTARIANS IN NORTH DAKOTA PASS PRIMARY VOTE TEST
  23. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

U.S. Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Order for Ballot Access Relief for Idaho Initiatives

Posted on by July 30, 2020
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On July 30, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the order of the U.S. District Court in Idaho that had given ballot access relief to statewide initiatives. Little v Reclaim Idaho, 20A18.

The vote required at least five votes. Oddly, only four justices signed the opinion: Justices Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.

The dissent is signed by two justices, Sotomayor and Ginsburg. It is not known how Justices Thomas, Kagan, and Breyer voted.

This is the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has taken any action relating to ballot access during the health crisis. Here is the document.

No Statewide Independent Petitions Submitted in New York

Posted on by July 30, 2020
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July 30 is the deadline for independent candidate petitions in New York. No statewide petitions were submitted on or before July 30. However, if a petition has been postally mailed to the Board, and it arrives on July 31, it would be timely.

New York has eight ballot-qualified parties: Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Working Families, Green, Libertarian, Independence, and SAM.
The parties that only exist in New York have not yet formally nominated anyone for president yet. SAM Party will not nominate anyone for president.

U.S. District Court Declines to Give Further Ballot Access Relief to Congressional Candidate

Posted on by July 30, 2020
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On July 27, U.S. District Court Judge Philip M. Halpern, a Trump appointee, refused to give injunctive relief to an independent congressional candidate and an independent state senate candidate. Eisen v Cuomo, s.d., 7:20cv-5121. Here is the one-page order. It does not explain why the judge declined to lower the petition requirements. Governor Cuomo had already reduced the number for U.S. House from 3,500 to 2,450.