September 2019 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by September 28, 2019
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Ballot Access News
September 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 4

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. TENTH CIRCUIT SAYS STATES CAN’T REPLACE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS WHO “DISOBEY”
  2. EIGHTH CIRCUIT KEEPS LIBERTARIANS ON ARKANSAS BALLOT
  3. CALIFORNIA TAX RETURNS BILL ATTACKED IN COURT
  4. EDITORIALS OPPOSE TAX RETURNS-BALLOT BILL
  5. U.S. SUPREME COURT FACES MANY ELECTION LAW CASES
  6. D.C. STATEHOOD BILL HAS 218 CO-SPONSORS
  7. COFOE
  8. BOOK REVIEW: IRON CURTAIN
  9. TEXAS INTERPRETS NEW FILING FEE LAW
  10. ALASKA SAYS LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS NOT ON FOR PRESIDENT
  11. LAWSUIT NEWS
  12. NEW BALLOT ACCESS LAWSUITS
  13. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  14. ALASKA “TOP-FOUR” INITIATIVE
  15. STATE INCOME TAX CHECKOFF CHART
  16. FEC PRIMARY DATES
  17. DAVID KOCH DIES
  18. GREEN PARTY CONVENTION
  19. LOUISIANA 2019 STATE ELECTION
  20. RUSSIANS PROTEST BALLOT ACCESS
  21. CANADA GREENS GAIN A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
  22. LINCOLN CHAFEE CONSIDERS SEEKING LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL NOD
  23. OREGON INDEPENDENT PARTY
  24. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Michigan State Trial Court Invalidates Two New Laws that Make it More Difficult for Initiatives to Qualify

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On September 27, a Michigan state trial court struck down two parts of a 2018 law that makes it more difficult to qualify statewide initiatives. The state constitution and the First Amendment were the basis. Initiative proponents cannot be required to use separate petitions for paid circulators and unpaid circulators. Also, the requirement that no more than 15% of the signatures can come from a single U.S. House district is void. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.

Second Amicus Curiae Filed in U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, in Debates Case

Posted on by September 27, 2019
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The Independent Voting Project, two former Governors, and two former U.S. Senators, have filed this amicus curiae brief in U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C., Circuit, in Level the Playing Field v Federal Election Commission. The amicus is on the side of the plaintiffs who filed the case, including the Libertarian Party and the Green Party.

This is the second amicus in that court in this case. The first was filed by Fairvote and COFOE.

Democratic Presidential Debate in October Will Include Twelve Candidates on the Stage

Posted on by September 27, 2019
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The next Democratic presidential debate will be in Westerville, Ohio (near Columbus) on Tuesday, October 15. It will have 12 candidates on the same stage. They include the ten who debated in September, and Tulsi Gabbard and Tom Steyer.

This is probably the largest number of presidential candidates on the same stage ever sponsored by a U.S. major political party. In 2015 Republicans held an eleven-candidate presidential debate on September 16 in Simi Valley. There was also a lesser debate for a few candidates who had not qualified for the main debate.

New North Carolina Lawsuit to Overturn U.S. House District Boundaries

Posted on by September 27, 2019
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On September 24, a lawsuit was filed in North Carolina state court, arguing that the state’s U.S. House district boundaries violate the state constitution’s provision that elections shall be “free and equal.” The case is in Wake County Superior Court, the same court that invalidated the state’s legislative district boundaries last month under the state constitution. Harper v Lewis. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.