January 2016 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by January 27, 2016
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Ballot Access News
January 1, 2016 – Volume 31, Number 8

This issue was printed on pink paper.

Table of Contents

  1. MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE REPEALS STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE
  2. COURT SEEMS TO CRITICIZE CALIFORNIA BALLOT LABEL LAW
  3. MAINE REJECTS LIBERTARIAN BALLOT ACCESS; PARTY TO SUE
  4. VIRGINIA BALLOT ACCESS BILL
  5. U.S. SUPREME COURT ELECTION LAW RULING
  6. DEBATES LAWSUITS
  7. TEXAS MINOR PARTIES THREATENED
  8. HISTORY OF CHANGES MAKING IT EASIER FOR A PARTY TO REMAIN ON BALLOT
  9. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES WHO GOT ON BALLOTS IN DECEMBER
  10. 2016 PETITIONING FOR PRESIDENT
  11. MINOR PARTIES IN STATE ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2015
  12. GREEN PARTY SETS CONVENTION AFTER DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
  13. WORKING FAMILIES PARTY WON PARTISAN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER
  14. PROHIBITION PARTY NOW QUALIFIED IN MISSISSIPPI
  15. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Illinois Primary Ballots Must be Printed Before Petition Challenges to Presidential Candidates are Resolved

Posted on by January 26, 2016
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According to this story, many challenges to mainstream major party presidential candidates will not be resolved by the time Illinois must print ballots for the primary.

Illinois could save itself this headache if it abolished mandatory primary petitions, which a majority of states have done.

U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania Hears Primary Ballot Access Case

Posted on by January 26, 2016
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On January 26, U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane heard testimony and arguments in Benezet Consulting v Cortes, m.d., 1:16cv-74. The issues are the ban on out-of-state circulators, the requirement that each petition sheet be notarized, and the ban on a voter signing for two candidates for the same office, as applied to primary petitions.

The hearing lasted six hours. The state mostly argued that the plaintiffs don’t have standing, and that they should have filed the lawsuit earlier. The judge said she will have a ruling out on Wednesday, January 27. The plaintiff is a professional petitioning company.