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1 Robert Timothy Reagan, et al., A Minor Candidate's Suits to Be on Presidential Election Ballots 1 (2018)

handle is hein.congcourts/fjcmcsp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CASE STUDIES IN EMERGENCY ELECTION LITIGATION A Minor Candidate's Suits to Be on Presidential Election Ballots De la Fuente Guerra v. Democratic Party of Florida (Robert L. Hinkle, N.D. Fla. 4:16-cv-26), De la Fuente v. Kemp (Richard W. Story, 1:16-cv-256) and De la Fuente v. Kemp (Mark H. Cohen, 1:16-cv-2937) (N.D. Ga.), De la Fuente v. South Carolina Democratic Party (Cameron McGowan Currie, D.S.C. 3:16-cv-322), De la Fuente Guerra v. Winter (Robert C. Brack, D.N.M. 1:16-cv-393), De la Fuente v. Krebs (Roberto A. Lange, D.S.D. 3:16-cv-3035), De la Fuente v. Cortis (John E. Jones III, M.D. Pa. 1:16-cv-1696), De la Fuente v. Wyman (Benjamin H. Settle, W.D. Wash. 3:16-cv-5801), and De la Fuente v. Alcorn (Liam O'Grady, E.D. Va. 1:16-cv-1201) A prospective candidate for president in 2016 filed federal com- plaints challenging his exclusion from primary election and general election ballots in several states. In 2018, the candidate achieved changes to ballot access rules in Virginia and Washington. Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; pro se party; laches; primary election; matters for state courts; Electoral College; absentee ballots; interlocutory appeal; attorney fees. A minor candidate for President of the United States initiated federal litiga- tion in several states, often pro se, to get on both primary election and gen- eral election ballots in 2016. The candidate achieved ballot-access rules victo- ries in Virginia' and Washington2 in 2018. Florida A prospective candidate for the Democratic nomination for President and seven voters filed a federal complaint in the Northern District of Florida on January 15, 2016, challenging the state's Democratic Party's exclusion of the candidate from the March 15 primary election.' Three days later, the plain- tiffs filed motions for preliminary injunctive relief' and expedited considera- tion.' On January 23, Judge Robert L. Hinkle denied the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction without prejudice: The plaintiffs have tendered no evidence that 1. Consent Decree, De la Fuente v. Alcorn, No. 1:16-cv-1201 (E.D. Va. Jan. 4, 2018), D.E. 56. 2. Opinion, De la Fuente v. Wyman, No. 3:16-cv-5801 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 22, 2018), D.E. 43, 2018 WL 1014545. 3. Complaint, De la Fuente Guerra v. Democratic Party of Fla., No. 4:16-cv-26 (N.D. Fla. Jan. 15, 2016), D.E. 1. 4. Motion, id. (N.D. Fla. Jan. 18, 2016), D.E. 3. 5. Motion, id. (N.D. Fla. Jan. 18, 2016), D.E. 4. Federal Judicial Center 3/19/2018 1

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