Ballot Access News
April 1, 2016 – Volume 31, Number 11

1. GEORGIA PRESIDENTIAL PETITION STRUCK DOWN
2. OKLAHOMA BALLOT ACCESS BILL ADVANCES
3. ARIZONA TOP-TWO INITIATIVE ABANDONED
4. UTAH STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE GONE
5. U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T DISTURB MONTANA OPEN PRIMARY
6. BALLOT ACCESS CASES BEING EXPEDITED
7. CONNECTICUT BALLOT ACCESS WIN
8. FLORIDA SUPREME COURT SUPPORTS WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
9. MORE LAWSUIT NEWS
10. PETITIONING
11. BALLOT ACCESS BILLS
12. DECISIONS THAT STRUCK DOWN NUMBER OF SIGNATURES
13. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WON’T RUN FOR PRESIDENT
14. JOHN KASICH PENNSYLVANIA PETITION
15. LEGAL MARIJUANA NOW PARTY
16. NO REPUBLICAN FILES FOR DELEGATE TO U.S. HOUSE FROM D.C.
17. GREEN PARTY PRIMARIES
18. LIBERTARIAN PARTY PRIMARIES
19. CONSTITUTION PARTY PRIMARIES
20. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL
    

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U.S. District Court Lawrence Stengel will hear Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele on Monday, May 16, at 9:30 am. The issue is whether the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties should be put on the ballot with no more petitioning, given that the existing law has been held unconstitutional and the state legislature has not replaced the old law. The federal courthouse is at 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, courtroom 14B. The hearing is at 9:30 a.m.

The initiative to remove party labels from California ballots for Congress and partisan state office will not qualify for the ballot in 2016.