September 2017 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by October 3, 2017
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Ballot Access News
September 1, 2017 – Volume 33, Number 4

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. U.S. DISTRICT COURT INVALIDATES UTAH PETITION DEADLINE FOR NEW PARTIES IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS
  2. CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE TO REPEAL TOP-TWO
  3. ILLINOIS INDIRECTLY EASES BALLOT ACCESS
  4. ONE OF THE DEBATES LAWSUITS LOSES
  5. PENNSYLVANIA SORE LOSER LAW UPHELD FOR PRESIDENT
  6. CALIFORNIA BILLS
  7. U.S. SUPREME COURT APPEARS INTERESTED IN POLITICAL CLOTHING AT THE POLLS CASE
  8. IOWA LIBERTARIAN WITHSTANDS ENERGETIC CHALLENGE
  9. NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
  10. INDIA
  11. BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS LOSE LAWSUIT AGAINST DEMOCRATIC PARTY
  12. FIFTH CIRCUIT INVALIDATES TEXAS ELECTION LAW
  13. ERRATA
  14. “DISOBEDIENT” ELECTOR LEGAL NEWS
  15. 2018: US HOUSE SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR NEW PARTIES, FULL SLATE
  16. LAST TIME MINOR PARTY OR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WON A CONSTITUTIONAL BALLOT ACCESS LAWSUIT
  17. GREEN PARTY ON STATEWIDE 2017 PENNSYLVANIA BALLOT
  18. MEETING MAY LAUNCH NEW PARTY
  19. DICK GREGORY DIES
  20. GREEN PARTY GAINS A COUNCILMEMBER
  21. SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
  22. REFORM PARTY HAS A CONTESTED PRIMARY FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK
  23. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Bernie Sanders Supporters Appeal Their Case Against the Democratic National Committee

Posted on by October 2, 2017
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The lawsuit Wilding v Democratic National Committee Services Corporation has been appealed to the Eleventh Circuit. This is the case, filed in 2016, by Bernie Sanders supporters who had donated money to the Democratic Party, and who feel the party defrauded them because its rules said it would be neutral in the presidential nomination battle, yet in reality national party leaders seem to not been neutral. The case is now 17-14194.

Sal Albanese, Reform Party Nominee for New York City Mayor, Sues to be Admitted to Debates

Posted on by October 2, 2017
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According to this story, Sal Albanese, a former New York city councilman and the Reform Party nominee for Mayor of New York city, has sued the New York City Campaign Finance Board over his exclusion from the mayoral debates. The Campaign Finance Board sponsors such debates. Albanese meets the spending criteria for inclusion, but not the polling criterion. However, as he points out, there have been no polls that mentioned him.

Macleans Essay on Best Form of Proportional Representation for British Columbia

Posted on by October 2, 2017
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Richard Johnston has this insightful Maclean’s article about the best form of proportional representation for British Columbia. Proportional representation is on the agenda in British Columbia, because when the Green Party’s three representatives in the legislature joined the government, they were promised that proportional representation would be taken seriously.