On October 15, all briefs were filed in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Nader’s ballot access case, and likewise all briefs were filed in his ballot access case in the Ohio Supreme Court.
Nader is still waiting for a decision from the 9th circuit in his Arizona case. All the briefs were in as of October 13.
On October 15, the 9th circuit said Ralph Nader filed his federal ballot access lawsuit too late to be entitled to an injunction. The 9th circuit said nothing about the merits of the case, which will be decided after the election is over. The issues are the June 9 petition deadline for independent candidates, and the law forbidding out-of-state circulators.
Today a federal circuit court judge refused to consider placing Ralph Nader and Michael Peroutka on the Hawaii ballot, saying it would be too expensive to order the state to reprint the ballots. Nader and Peroutka are pursuing their case in Hawaii state court.
