[EL] Labour Party leadership election

[Richard Winger]

The US Supreme Court decision Morse v Republican Party of Virginia, 517 US 186 (1996) did not say the Virginia Republican Party couldn't charge money for delegates to its state nominating convention. The decision said if the party changed the amount, it had to get the US Justice Department to approve the change.  Now that section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is gone, this decision has no practical effect.
 Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
      From: Soren Dayton <soren.dayton at gmail.com>
 To: John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com>; [EL] <law-election at uci.edu> 
 Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 6:53 AM
 Subject: Re: [EL] Labour Party leadership election
   
I would point out that the analogy may not be that strong. There is a basis for the party to reject membership. In a caucus like you describe, the party doesn't get to reject people who show up. Here, one of the big logistical challenges was vetting the people who signed up and kicking out the Tories, the even farther Lefties. There is some evidence that they were overwhelmed and just got it wrong.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/20/labour-leadership-election-rejected-supporters-express-their-anger

I would also note that the Canadian system, at least, uses a similar model in which people speak of "selling party memberships" so that you can join a candidate selection convention. 



On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 9:31 AM John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com> wrote:

I was struck by the similarity between the reformed Labour Party franchise - a poll tax - and the Virginia Republican Party’s plan back in, I think, the mid-1980s to charge party members to vote in the party caucus - a plan which Pam Karlan persuaded the courts to block. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/world/europe/labour-party-election-jeremy-corbyn.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news  I’m sure someone will remember the name of the case. _______________________________________________
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