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Topic-by-Topic Coverage (Ballot Access)
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News and Analysis
September, 2008
- Amicus Brief filed in Ohio 5-Day Window Suit (9/24/08)
- Miss. Gov Agrees to Move Senate Race Up on Ballot (9/19/08)
Commentary
There are no commentary articles on Ballot Access that Election Law @ Moritz has written at this time.
News Stories
September, 2009
- N.J. judge refuses to hear ballot challenge from independent gubernatorial candidate Daggett (9/21/09)
August, 2009
- Mass. Attorney General To Rule On Ballot Questions (8/30/09)
- Arkansas Green Party Files Lawsuit to Be Restored to the Ballot (8/27/09)
- Moderate Party will be on the ballot in 2010 (8/18/09)
- Casting a Vote for Fairer Ballot Access (8/17/09)
July, 2009
- Bloomberg Ally Slapped By Ballot Access Advocates (7/30/09)
- Kulongoski will sign fusion voting bill (7/08/09)
- Ohio Legislature Less Likely to Pass a New Ballot Access Bill This Year (7/05/09)
June, 2009
- Oregon Bill Passes Legislature, Improves Ballot Access & Legalizes Fusion (6/29/09)
- Lynch will not appeal ruling on state election law (6/25/09)
- Rhode Island Senate Passes Ballot Access Bill (6/25/09)
- Independent, Coffield, to Appeal Ballot Access Ruling (6/21/09)
- Maine Legislature Passes Bill Revising How a Party Remains on the Ballot (6/10/09)
- State could still appeal ballot ruling (6/02/09)
May, 2009
- U.S. judge strikes ballot access rule for new parties (5/30/09)
- New Mexico Libertarian and Green Parties File Ballot Access Case (5/26/09)
- Court backs community group on ballot access in New Brunswick (5/01/09)
April, 2009
- Moderates: Access laws aim to keep minor party candidates off the ballot (4/30/09)
- Third parties argue for access to ballot (4/21/09)
March, 2009
- State challenges ballot access suit (3/18/09)
- Bills offer variety of election reforms (3/04/09)
February, 2009
- Homeless candidate seeking court help to get back on ballot (2/20/09)
- Panel votes to ease ballot access requirements (2/18/09)
- Lawsuit, bills targeting RI ballot access law (2/14/09)
December, 2008
- Measure could allow voters to choose polling site (12/16/08)
- Bills seek to ease voting, poll restrictions in Virginia (12/15/08)
November, 2008
- Lawsuit filed to prevent English-only election (11/20/08)
- Obama, McCain missing from some ballots (11/04/08)
- Federal judge to hear NAACP election lawsuit today (11/03/08)
- Federal judge to hear NAACP election lawsuit today (11/03/08)
October, 2008
- Challenge to Obama's citizenship rejected (10/31/08)
- Ohio homeless must be allowed to vote, federal judge says (10/28/08)
- Lawsuit Claims Election Discrimination (10/28/08)
- A Voting Rights Disaster? (10/28/08)
- Ballot Shortages on Election Day? (10/28/08)
- Group sues Kaine, Va. election officials on behalf of NAACP (10/27/08)
- Va. NAACP sues governor over election readiness (10/27/08)
- Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots (10/23/08)
- State to probe blocked ballots (10/06/08)
- Lawsuit claims state made election mistakes (10/03/08)
- "Top two" lawsuit back to U.S. District Court (10/02/08)
September, 2008
- Some fear foreclosures mean loss of vote (9/25/08)
- Madera judge nullifies school election before it's held (9/24/08)
- Voter Excitement Tempered by Concerns of Fairness at Polls (9/23/08)
- Wash. Democrats sue over GOP moniker in gov race (9/23/08)
- Felons who complete their sentences can get their voting rights restored more easily under changes to the pardon process announced Tuesday by Gov. Steve Beshear. (9/23/08)
- Barr loses bid to keep Obama, McCain off Texas ballot (9/23/08)
- Lawsuit Argues That Michigan Is Disfranchising Student Voters (9/19/08)
- Justice Department asked to examine Miss. ballot (9/16/08)
- Brunner may toss signatures on payday-lending ballot issue (9/12/08)
- Battle Over Ballot Continues (9/11/08)
- Editorial: Mississippi’s Ballot Trick (9/10/08)
- No speedy appeal for English-first ballot attempt (9/10/08)
- Concerns abound over voter access in November (9/09/08)
- To Avoid Long Lines, Ohio Officials Say Vote By Mail (9/09/08)
- The campaigns have already begun fighting over ballots and rules for voter registration (9/08/08)
- Changes on the horizon for New Jersey voters (9/01/08)
August, 2008
- Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials (8/31/08)
- Some NY officials worry about voting access (8/31/08)
- No proof of black vote suppression in Y’town (8/29/08)
- New machines allow all an equal way to cast votes (8/28/08)
- Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (8/27/08)
- Editorial: Create a smart ballot and reduce mistakes (8/27/08)
- Hawaii Redesigns Primary Voting System (8/21/08)
- Parties fear confusion with revised primary ballots (8/19/08)
- Editorial: Grandmother worked hard for the right to vote (8/17/08)
- Opinion: When ballot access goes AWOL (8/16/08)
- GOP seeks probe of military voting assistance programs (8/13/08)
- Election Day could be 'snow day' (8/13/08)
- Voting update: Voters complain of problems at Sparks Middle School (8/12/08)
- Editorial: The Right to Vote (8/08/08)
- Blind Voter Encounters Difficulting Casting Ballot (8/05/08)
July, 2008
- Commissioners continue to study UA voting site (7/31/08)
- Letter to the Editor: Improving Ballot Design (7/28/08)
- Editorial: Vote in person, or from home? (7/26/08)
- Ruling Clears Way for November Vote on Transgender Measure (7/25/08)
- Troops disenfranchised from voting system, advocates say (7/25/08)
- Predicting long delays at polls, group urges paper ballots in Nov. (7/24/08)
- Editorial: A Lesson Not Learned (7/24/08)
- California Voter Registration Form Has New Format for “Party” Choice (7/24/08)
- Justice Dept called uncooperative on voting rights (7/23/08)
- As U.S. economic woes mount, homeless plan to vote (7/23/08)
- A.C.L.U. Sues Alabama on Ballot Access (7/22/08)
- Group lobbies for voting on Sunday (7/18/08)
- ‘Instant Runoff’ voting reform can empower communities of color (7/16/08)
Litigation
Active Cases
- Daien v. Ysursa (Idaho)
Archived Cases
- Berger v. Barbour (Mississippi)
- Consolidated Minor Party Cases (Ohio)
- Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Brunner (Ohio)
- Lopez Torres v. New York State Board of Elections (New York)
- McKinney v. Brunner (Ohio)
- Moore v. Brunner (Ohio)
- Nader et al v. Blackwell (Ohio)
- South Carolina Green Party v. South Carolina State Election Commission (South Carolina)
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