Cornel West Appeals Pennsylvania Ballot Access Case to Third Circuit

Posted on by October 16, 2024
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On October 11, Cornel West appealed his Pennsylvania ballot access case to the Third Circuit. West v Pennsylvania Dept. of State, 24-2913. He had been kept off by the U.S. District Court on October 10, strictly because it is too late to reprint the ballots. However, the U.S. District Court virtually said that West would have won the case if there had been more time. The U.S. District Court said it seems discriminatory that qualified parties need not submit signed affidavits of candidacy for their presidential elector candidates, whereas petitioning candidates must do that.

Nebraska Supreme Court Orders Secretary of State to Continue to Register Felons Whose Voting Rights Have Been Restored Under State Law

Posted on by October 16, 2024
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On October 16, the Nebraska Supreme Court Ruled that Secretary of State must let certain felons register to vote. State ex rel Sprung v Evnen, S-24-563. Here is a link to the Supreme Court’s website, which has the opinion. Scroll down to “Supreme Court Opinions.” This opinion is at the top of the list.

Largely Ho-Hum Article on Utah Candidate Petition Signatures Contains a Horrible Idea

Posted on by October 16, 2024
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Here is the article of which I speak from KSL-TV.

It was pretty much a big nothingburger (and I am not intending to throw shade on the author), until I read the following sentence:

“It [a report] also suggests the Legislature should consider making public the lists of people who sign candidate petitions.”

As many of you know, I have been involved in petitioning since 1988, which in most quarters qualifies as a long time. I think if people were to know that they would go on a public list if they signed any sort of petition, it would very likely hurt the signature acceptance percentage rate for petitioners. I think this is a potentially devastating idea for any sort of petitioning.

Federal Judge Keeps Cornel West Off Pennsylvania Ballot But Criticizes Actions of Pennsylvania Secretary of State

Posted on by October 26, 2024
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It’s too close to the election to change the ballot, wrote US District Court Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, a Trump appointee, even though Cornel West should not have been removed from the ballot by the Secretary of State. The decision suggests that Pennsylvania is violating the U.S. Constitution by requiring independent presidential candidates to submit declarations of candidacy for each presidential elector candidate. The state does not require the nominees of parties that have 15% of the registration to submit any signed declarations for their presidential elector candidates.

Here is the decision in West v Pennsylvania Department of State, w.d., 2:24cv-1349.

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