Comments on: Independent Candidate for U.S. House Sues Georgia http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/29/independent-candidate-for-us-house-sues-georgia/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=2676 By: hoshie http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/29/independent-candidate-for-us-house-sues-georgia/comment-page-1/#comment-490503 hoshie Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:53:24 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3874#comment-490503 As for the boundaries of Congressional districts, it just isn't Georgia that has problems. My own town is split in between the 1st CD and the 3rd CD. This often results in signs for each of the candidates being in the wrong district. If the majors can get mixed up in this tiny point, I can see why an independent petition for Congress would fail. The only solutions to this are to lower the number of sigs needed (1% of voters seems good) and to make CD boundaries constant with local geography. As for the boundaries of Congressional districts, it just isn’t Georgia that has problems. My own town is split in between the 1st CD and the 3rd CD. This often results in signs for each of the candidates being in the wrong district. If the majors can get mixed up in this tiny point, I can see why an independent petition for Congress would fail. The only solutions to this are to lower the number of sigs needed (1% of voters seems good) and to make CD boundaries constant with local geography.

]]> By: ETJB http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/29/independent-candidate-for-us-house-sues-georgia/comment-page-1/#comment-490369 ETJB Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:16:06 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3874#comment-490369 All too often, justices seem to have a blind spot when it comes to the constitutional rights of non-major party voters/candidates. Even the more fair-minded justices, seemed to suggest that they were comfortable with a threshold at around 5%. That makes little sense when research suggests that such a threshold all but eliminates the ability of citizens to exercise their liberty interests in the political process outside of the two major parties. It would seem to me that the threhold should probably be lower. All too often, justices seem to have a blind spot when it comes to the constitutional rights of non-major party voters/candidates.

Even the more fair-minded justices, seemed to suggest that they were comfortable with a threshold at around 5%.

That makes little sense when research suggests that such a threshold all but eliminates the ability of citizens to exercise their liberty interests in the political process outside of the two major parties.

It would seem to me that the threhold should probably be lower.

]]> By: Demo Rep http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/08/29/independent-candidate-for-us-house-sues-georgia/comment-page-1/#comment-490325 Demo Rep Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:47:19 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=3874#comment-490325 Separate is NOT equal. Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954 NOT brought up in ALL the MORON ballot access cases in the Supremes since 1968 -- a mere 40 years of USELESS MORON so-called lawyers. Separate is NOT equal.

Brown v. Bd of Ed 1954

NOT brought up in ALL the MORON ballot access cases in the Supremes since 1968 — a mere 40 years of USELESS MORON so-called lawyers.

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