[EL] grounds for Gingrich and/or Perry to sue for Virginia ballot access

[Goldfeder, Jerry H.]

Should be; but as we know courts often are quite deferential to state election laws/regulations. Look at Second Circuit's recent ruling in Maslow, which relates to NY's law re circulators.

Jerry H. Goldfeder
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From: Hasen, Richard [mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu]
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 01:04 PM
To: Goldfeder, Jerry H.
Cc: richardwinger at yahoo.com <richardwinger at yahoo.com>; law-election at uci.edu <law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] grounds for Gingrich and/or Perry to sue for Virginia ballot access

Would the logic of the constitutional challenge be any different?

Rick Hasen

Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse typos.

On Dec 24, 2011, at 9:56 AM, "Goldfeder, Jerry H." <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com>> wrote:

As Richard knows, the Colorado Buckley case relates to Initiatives, not candidates.

Jerry H. Goldfeder
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From: Richard Winger [mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:20 PM
To: law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu> <law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu>>
Subject: [EL] grounds for Gingrich and/or Perry to sue for Virginia ballot access

Either Rick Perry or Newt Gingrich or both are free to sue Virginia State Board of Elections over the Virginia state law that wouldn't let out-of-state circulators work on their presidential primary petitions.

In 2000, Ralph Nader won injunctive relief against Illinois and West Virginia, after complaining that his petitions might have succeeded without the ban on out-of-state circulators.  The Nader decision isn't reported but was Nader 2000 Primary Committee v Illinois State Board of Elections, northern district, 00-cv-4401.  The West Virginia case is reported and is Nader 2000 Primary Committee v Hechler, 112 F Supp 2d 575 (s.d. W.V. 2000).

The US Supreme Court decision from 1999, Buckley v American Constitutional Law Foundation, suggests that bans on out-of-state circulators are unconstitutional, although it didn't settle that issue completely.  It did strike down a Colorado law that said circulators must be registered voters.  525 US 182.  Since then, bans on out-of-state circulators have been thrown out in the 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th circuits, and in lesser courts in certain states not in those particular circuits.

Richard Winger
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PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147

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