Thirty States Have Lost Lawsuits Over Too-Early Petition Deadlines for Minor Parties and Independent Candidates

The April 1, 2012 printed Ballot Access News will contain a chart listing lawsuits that concern deadlines to get on the ballot. The chart will list 49 lawsuits in which courts have enjoined too-early deadlines for newly-qualifying parties or independent candidates to get on the ballot, or have declared such deadlines unconstitutional, or strongly suggested those deadlines are unconstitutional. These lawsuits span the period 1968 through 2012. They cover 30 states.

Lawsuits are pending on this issue in Alabama, Montana, Oklahoma, and Vermont. Lawsuits against other states are likely to be filed in the last week of March.


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  1. What is the magic so-called logic picked out a judicial hat that determines if a deadline is *too* early ???

    What is that adjective *equal* in 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 ???

  2. Pingback: Thirty States Have Lost Lawsuits Over Too-Early Petition Deadlines for Minor Parties and Independent Candidates | ThirdPartyPolitics.us

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