[EL] US Dist Court strikes down limited voting in Indiana

[Richard Winger]

But the problem is Indiana's terrible ballot access laws, not the limited voting itself.

Indiana is one of only 4 states in which Ralph Nader never got on the ballot.  It is one of only 2 states in which no statewide independent or minor party petition has succeeded since 2000.  In most jurisdictions with limited voting, there are many independent candidates and minor party candidates.  Limited voting has enabled the Working Families Party to elect its own members to several Connecticut partisan local bodies, and to make it possible for either Republicans or independents to be on the Philadelphia and Washington DC city councils.  As even the opinion says, there was one Libertarian on in Indianapolis in 2002 for judge.

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


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 From: William Groth <wgroth at fdgtlaborlaw.com>
To: 'Richard Winger' <richardwinger at yahoo.com>; 'Richard L Engstrom' <rengstro at uno.edu>; law-election at uci.edu 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 11:58 AM
Subject: RE: [EL] US Dist Court strikes down limited voting in Indiana
 


The voting in judicial elections in Marion County is indeed “limited,” so limited in fact that there are 16 candidates nominated (8 by each political party) to fill 16 vacancies, a limitation so unreasonable that it convinced the federal judge these strictures violated the voters’ right to cast a meaningful ballot. I don’t think this comports with anyone’s view of how “limited voting” is supposed to work.
 
William R. Groth
Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe, LLP
429 E. Vermont Street, Ste. 200
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Telephone: (317) 353-9363
Fax: (317) 351-7232
E-mail:  wgroth at fdgtlaborlaw.com 
 


From:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Winger
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 2:29 PM
To: Richard L Engstrom; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] US Dist Court strikes down limited voting in Indiana
 
To me the two terms mean the same thing, but now that you mention it, I guess this is two different ideas, and I'm not sure what the standard definition covers.
 
Richard Winger
415-922-9779
PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
 

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From:Richard L Engstrom <rengstro at uno.edu>
To: Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>; "law-election at uci.edu" <law-election at uci.edu> 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 10:57 AM
Subject: RE: [EL] US Dist Court strikes down limited voting in Indiana
 
Richard,  Does this a system include limited voting, or just limited nominations?
 

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Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 12:18 PM
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Subject: [EL] US Dist Court strikes down limited voting in Indiana
http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/10/u-s-district-court-strikes-down-indianas-limited-voting-method-for-electing-judges-in-indianapolis/
  
             
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Richard Winger
415-922-9779
PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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