[EL] Conyers/Circulator Requirements

[Richard Winger]

There are dozens of such cases.  In Williams v Rhodes, the Ohio American Independent Party petition was due in February.  Ohio law required all parties, even new parties, to nominate by primary, both for public office and party office.  The party didn't even file its lawsuit until late July 1968, two months past the May 1968 primary.  The US Supreme Court put it on the ballot in time for the general election.

John B. Anderson announced as an independent presidential candidate on April 24, 1980.  He has already missed the filing deadline in 5 states.  He sued all 5 states, won all his lawsuits, and was on the ballot in all 50 states.


 
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 From: Jason Torchinsky <jtorchinsky at hvjlaw.com>
To: Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Adam Bonin <adam at boninlaw.com>; "law-election at UCI.EDU" <law-election at uci.edu> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [EL] Conyers/Circulator Requirements
 


All,

Assuming that the Michigan registered voter circulator requirement is held to be unconstitutional, are there any cases where a candidate has successfully been able to RETROACTIVELY obtain relief to gain ballot access? Are there any cases that have allowed a candidate to challenge/change the rules of the game after the nominating petition deadline has passed in order to obtain ballot access?

Jason Torchinsky 

Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.

On May 13, 2014, at 6:14 PM, "Richard Winger" <richardwinger at yahoo.com> wrote:


Yes, the Sixth Circuit ruled in Nader v Blackwell that states can't require candidate petition circulators to be either registered voters or residents of that state.  Michigan is in the Sixth Circuit.
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>The ACLU, and now Rep. John Conyers himself, are suing the state of Michigan over its requirement that circulators of candidate nominating petitions be registered voters.  I know that a number of courts have deemed unconstitutional in-district residency requirements for circulators, but has this type of challenge been successful?  http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140512/METRO/305120120 
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