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1 Getting a New Party on California's Ballot during a Pandemic 1 (2021)

handle is hein.congcourts/fjcnwp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CASE STUDIES IN EMERGENCY ELECTION LITIGATION Getting a New Party on California's Ballot During a Pandemic Kishore v. Newsom (Dolly M. Gee, C.D. Cal. 2:20-cv-5859) A complaint challenged the signature requirements to get a new party on the ballot during an infectious pandemic. Because gather- ing signatures was not the only way to get on the ballot, the district court denied the party relief. Voters could register as members of the new party, and registrations could be recruited by email or so- cial media. Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; COVID-19; laches; interlocutory appeal. A minor party's candidates for president and vice president filed a federal complaint in the Central District of California on June 30, 2020, seeking re- laxation of California's ballot petition signature requirements to become in- dependent candidates in the November 3 general election in light of social distancing made necessary by the global COVID-19 infectious pandemic.1 With their complaint, the candidates filed an application for a temporary re- straining order and a preliminary injunction.2 The court assigned the case to Judge Dolly M. Gee,3 who denied the plaintiffs a temporary restraining order on the day that they requested one for want of proper service on the defendants.4 On July 6, Judge Gee denied a properly served July 1 application for a temporary restraining order' so that she could afford Defendants the chance to fully brief the issues that Plain- tiffs raise.6 Judge Gee set the case for a hearing by videoconference on July 21,7 later moved to July 20.' The hearing was open to the public, including news media.9 During the pandemic, if the courthouse was open to the public, videoconference pro- ceedings could be observed in the court's ceremonial courtroom.10 When the courthouse was closed to the public because of a pandemic surge, members of the public, including the news media, could obtain from the clerk's office contact information for the videoconference. 1. Complaint, Kishore v. Newsom, No. 2:20-cv-5859 (C.D. Cal. June 30, 2020), D.E. 1. 2. Application, id. (June 30, 2020), D.E. 4. 3. Notice, id. (June 30, 2020), D.E. 5. Tim Reagan interviewed Judge Gee for this report by telephone on October 8, 2020. 4. Minutes, Kishore, No. 2:20-cv-5859 (C.D. Cal. June 30, 2020), D.E. 9. 5. Renewed Application, id. (July 1, 2020), D.E. 11. 6. Minutes, id. (July 6, 2020), D.E. 13. 7. Id. 8. Order, id. (July 8, 2020), D.E. 15; see Minutes, id. (July 20, 2020), D.E. 21. 9. Interview with Hon. Dolly M. Gee, Oct. 8, 2020. 10. Id. 11. Id. Federal Judicial Center 1/23/2021 I

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