August 2013 Ballot Access News Print Edition

Posted on by August 28, 2013
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Ballot Access News
August 1, 2013 – Volume 29, Number 3

This issue was printed on white paper.

Table of Contents

  1. NORTH CAROLINA REPEALS STRAIGHT-TICKET DEVICE
  2. OTHER NORTH CAROLINA CHANGES
  3. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE LOSES IN NINTH CIRCUIT
  4. RESTRICTIVE CALIFORNIA BILL WITHDRAWN
  5. ARKANSAS CREATES UNCONSTITUTIONAL DEADLINES
  6. ALABAMA RULING
  7. OTHER LEGISLATIVE NEWS
  8. BOOK REVIEW: E PARTY
  9. 2012 CANDIDATES WITH BALLOT LABEL OF “INDEPENDENT”
  10. 2012 INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES WITH SYNONYM FOR “INDEPENDENT”
  11. SIXTH CIRCUIT WON’T RE-HEAR PRESIDENTIAL “SORE LOSER” CASE
  12. 1787 PARTY ESTABLISHES WEB PAGE
  13. COFOE ANNUAL MEETING
  14. KENTUCKY SPECIAL ELECTION
  15. NORTH DAKOTA LIBERTARIAN PETITION
  16. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Requiring Voters to Vote on Recall if they Wish to Also Vote on Replacement Candidate

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On August 27, the Colorado Supreme Court struck down a state law that said if voters in a recall election fail to vote on whether the officer should be recalled, then they may not vote on the second half of the ballot. The second half of the ballot asks, in case the recall succeeds, which candidate should replace the recalled officer. The Court did not explain its reasoning, but said it would do so later.

This opinion does not stop the September 10 recall of two State Senators; it just clarifies that ballots are valid even if the voter leaves the top half blank. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.

Colorado Constitution Party Suffers from Being a Qualified Major Party

Posted on by August 27, 2013
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This article in the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado, says the Constitution Party has suffered from being a qualified major party. The party is a major party because it polled over 10% of the vote for Governor in 2010. However, according to the article, the party would have been better off if it had remained a qualified minor party. Major parties must file many complicated campaign finance reports. The party’s reports have had errors and omissions, or have been late, so the party has been repeatedly fined, and now has a negative bank balance.

Qualified minor parties in Colorado generally nominate by convention and need not petition for ballot access for their nominees.

Tennessee Green Party Sues to Overturn Law on Government Photo-ID Card for Voters at Polls

Posted on by August 27, 2013
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On August 26, the Green Party of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee’s law that requires voters at the polls to show certain kinds of government photo-ID. The case is in the eastern district and is Green Party of Tennessee v Hargett. Here is the Complaint.

The lawsuit does not argue that it is unconstitutional for the state to require photo-ID, but says that the types of photo-ID are too limited. See this story about the lawsuit.