August 2019 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by August 25, 2019
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Ballot Access News
August 1, 2019 – Volume 35, Number 3

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. U.S. DISTRICT COURT ENJOINS ARKANSAS 3% PETITION
  2. NINTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT PETITION
  3. BALLOT ACCESS WINS
  4. MORE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  5. D.C. STATEHOOD BILL HAS 216 CO-SPONSORS
  6. LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  7. LAWSUIT NEWS
  8. PARTIES WITH “INDEPENDENT” OR “INDEPENDENCE” WHO WERE ON BALLOTS
  9. 2020 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
  10. JOHN PAUL STEVENS DIES
  11. ROSS PEROT DIES
  12. RICK KNOX DIES
  13. SOCIALIST PARTY SETS CONVENTION
  14. VIRGINIA NOVEMBER 2019 ELECTION
  15. JUSTIN AMASH WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AS AN INDEPENDENT
  16. N.H. LIBERTARIAN PRIMARY
  17. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

District of Columbia Statehood Bill Now has 218 Co-Sponsors

Posted on by August 24, 2019
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The bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to make the District of Columbia a state, HR 51, now has 218 co-sponsors in addition to its lead sponsor, Eleanor Holmes Norton. The voting membership of the U.S. House (which does not include Delegate Norton) is 435. However, two of the co-sponsors are from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and they can’t vote, so the bill still is two short of having a majority of the voting members. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not one of the co-sponsors.

Michigan Republican Party Files Lawsuit Against New Independent Redistricting Commission

Posted on by August 24, 2019
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On August 22, the Michigan Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit against the new Michigan redistricting commission. Michigan Republican Party v Benson, w.d., 1:19cv-669. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Janet T. Neff, a Bush Jr. appointee.

The complaint says the party does not oppose the idea of a redistricting commission, but it objects to the Michigan commission because it calls for four Republican members, four Democratic members, and five members who are neither. The Republican Party says that commission members self-identify with their party. Michigan does not have registration by party. The lawsuit argues that if the Republican Party is going to be represented by four commissioners, then the party should have input into who those four Republicans will be. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

Independent Candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis Files Final Brief in Ballot Access Case

Posted on by August 24, 2019
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On August 23, John Schmitz, an independent candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis, filed this reply brief in Schmitz v Marion County Board of Elections. The issue is whether he had enough valid signatures. That depends on whether signatures of registered voters should be counted if the voter had moved within the city, and showed his or her new residence address on the petition, whereas the registration record still lists the old address.

A decision is expected soon, due to the fact that the election is November 5, 2019.

Libertarian Party Appeals Bequest Case to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on by August 24, 2019
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On August 21, the Libertarian Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal against the federal campaign finance law that won’t let a deceased person’s estate distribute its bequest to the party, except by doling out the money in small pieces each year. Libertarian National Committee v Federal Election Commission, 19-234. Here is the cert petition. The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C., Circuit, had upheld the federal rule.