On January 17, the Colorado Republican State Central Committee filed its brief in Trump v Anderson, 23-719, the case over whether former President Donald Trump should be on the Republican presidential primary ballot in Colorado. See it here.
Although the brief discusses virtually all the issues in the case, it leads with the argument that Section 3 does not apply to president.
Here is the article from Politico.
The seventh paragraph of this article reads: “I don’t know if in the coming years people will be looking at the United States as a model for democracy,” a second Arab diplomat warned.
Why would people around the world look to the US as a model of democracy in the first place?
As Richard Winger stated in his 2016 reason.com interview: “A multiparty system is normal. You only have a two party system if there is repression. It’s not natural.”
And then you have the overly stringent ballot access laws, which at least candidates in Canada and the United Kingdom, which also don’t have proportional representation, don’t have to face.
The name change law that is being selectively enforced in Ohio has not been included in official candidate instruction documents.
On January 16, the Connecticut Attorney General ruled that the State Constitution, which requires election by “plurality”, does not permit the legislature, or local governments, to authorize Ranked Choice Voting. However, the Opinion says it is a close question. The Opinion notes that the Maine and Alaska Supreme Courts have considered this question for their states, and they came to opposite conclusions. Here is the Connecticut Opinion. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
On January 11, the very day of the hearing, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a brief order saying that Ryan Binkley should not be added to the Republican presidential primary ballot. In Minnesota, the parties have complete control over which candidates appear on their presidential primary ballot. The Court said it would issue a full opinion later. Binkley for President 2024 v Simon, A23-1900.
Binkley intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal. The primary is March 5, 2024.
