November 2019 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by November 27, 2019
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Ballot Access News

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR ALABAMA BALLOT ACCESS CASE, DESPITE EXTREME CIRCUIT SPLIT
  2. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY SAVED BY VETO
  3. “FAITHLESS ELECTOR” CASES REACH SUPREME COURT
  4. OHIO LIBERTARIANS LIKELY TO WIN ON ELECTION COMMISSION
  5. PENNSYLVANIA STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE IN DANGER
  6. CALIFORNIA TAX RETURNS-BALLOT LAW
  7. OTHER LAWSUIT NEWS
  8. NEW YORK EASES DEADLINE FOR VOTERS TO SWITCH PARTIES
  9. ALTERNATE VOTING SYSTEMS NEWS
  10. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR VETOES BILL THAT HURT INITIATIVES
  11. GENERAL ELECTION DEBATES SET
  12. 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
  13. SUPREME COURT REFUSALS TO HEAR BALLOT ACCESS CASES, 1992-2019
  14. DON BLANKENSHIP WILL ACCEPT CONSTITUTION PARTY NOMINATION
  15. INDEPENDENT PARTY LEGISLATOR FACES LOUISIANA RUNOFF
  16. COMMON SENSE PARTY FAILS TO QUALIFY FOR CALIFORNIA BALLOT
  17. HILLARY CLINTON ATTACKS MINOR PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
  18. TUNISIA ELECTS AN INDEPENDENT PRESIDENT
  19. NEW HOPE FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN CANADA
  20. APPROVAL VOTING PARTY
  21. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

U.S. Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Election Law Cases from California and Washington

Posted on by November 27, 2019
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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 to be collected in 105 days.  The Chiafalo lawsuit, 19-465, is whether the Constitution permits the state to fine presidential electors $1,000 if they vote for someone other than the candidate who got the most popular votes in that state.

The Court won’t release information about its decisions until Monday, December 16, at the earliest.

Rocky De La Fuente Sues Michigan for Excluding Him from Republican Presidential Primary

Posted on by November 27, 2019
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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 mentioned in the media.  The Complaint charges that the Secretary of State failed to notice that De La Fuente is discussed in Spanish-language media, and although that he is mentioned on the internet.  The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood, a Clinton appointee.

Ohio Loses Case on Absentee Voting by Persons Arrested Shortly Before Election Day

Posted on by November 26, 2019
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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 to persons who are confined to a hospital.  See this story.

Persons confined to a hospital have until 3 p.m. on election day to file for an absentee ballot, but others must do so by the Saturday before the election.  In November 2018 the lawsuit was filed on behalf of persons who are unexpectedly arrested after the absentee ballot deadline.  They argued that if the state can have a later deadline for people who unexpectedly end up in the hospital shortly before the election, the state should give prisoners the same treatment.  The judge agreed and also certified the case as a class action.  The state is appealing to the Sixth Circuit.  In the Sixth Circuit, the case is 19-4112.