[EL] I was hoping to get a thread going with my info about idiotic Texas deadlines

[Larry Levine]

Does "let's protect our governor" sound like it might be a reason? Was this
done legislatively or by executive fiat?

Larry

 

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Subject: [EL] I was hoping to get a thread going with my info about idiotic
Texas deadlines

 


When I sent a link to my article about the ludicrous Texas petition
deadlines to this list, I was hoping to stimulate others to comment.

Just to reiterate, Texas now requires an independent presidential candidate
to submit a petition on May 14, but an independent candidate for any other
office is not due until July 5.  Furthermore, the independent presidential
petition needs about 40% more signatures than the independent petition for
any other statewide office.

To my mind, there is no conceivable argument for why Texas should require
independent presidential candidate petitions almost two months before
independent petitions for other office, especially given Anderson v
Celebrezze saying that states must go easier for independent presidential
candidates than for candidates for other office.  Does anyone disagree with
me?

The mainstream media, even in Texas, seems utterly oblivious to this, even
though there is so much media attention this year to the idea of independent
and new political party presidential candidates.  I am disappointed that no
one seems to want to talk about this.

Richard Winger
415-922-9779
PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147

 

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