[EL] plea to all members of this list who are quoted in big media, or who write for big media

Mon Mar 23 14:01:47 PDT 2020

No state needs to ever require more than 5,000 signatures, to avoid a crowded ballot, where "crowded ballot" means 8 or fewer candidates for a single office.  I have documented this in several lawsuits, and judges have accepted my evidence.  My evidence is massive and runs to hundreds of pages, and goes back to the beginning of government-printed ballots.

I got the definition of "crowded ballot" from Justice Harlan's concurrence in Williams v Rhodes.  He said he didn't think 8 candidates for a single office was a problem.  He is right.  Having over a dozen Democratic presidential candidates on presidential primary ballots earlier this year didn't seem to confuse anyone.  Ditto with Republican presidential primary ballots in 2016.

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

    On Monday, March 23, 2020, 1:52:10 PM PDT, George Korbel <korbellaw at hotmail.com> wrote:  

What would remedy be without opening flood gates
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Also dealing with this are signature gatherers for ballot measures attempting to qualify for the November ballot. Not quite the same, but still a reality.

Larry

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Subject: [EL] plea to all members of this list who are quoted in big media, or who write for big media

I perceive that those of us who get quoted in the important news media, especially everyone who ever posts items at electionlawblog, have not mentioned the plight of minor parties.  The Libertarian Party is only on the ballot now in 35 states for president, and the Green Party is only on in 21 states for president.

In 2016 the Libertarian Party ended up on the ballot in all states for president, and the Greens in all states except for 5.  In the normal course of events, they would be petitioning now to get on in more states, but the health crisis has made petitioning virtually impossible.  Petition drives succeed when petitioners are out in public with lots of people in the area.  That is now gone.

As of February 2020, in the states with partisan registration, 2.4% of voters are registered members of minor parties.  Those voters are entitled to voting rights just as much as Republicans, Democrats, and independents are entitled to voting rights, but I don't see any public commentary about the plight of the minor parties this year.  I hope all of you who have the ear of the big press will add this to the list of election law issues.

If I have missed something relevant, please point it out to me. 

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

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